Table 3 Answers of nursing students to questions on the assumption that fever can cause cerebral damage, on the use of physical methods to decrease the fever and on the belief that fever has mostly positive effects in children. Data are given as absolute frequency and percentage
From: Approach to fever in children among final-year nursing students: a multicenter survey
N | 121 |
|---|---|
Fever can cause cerebral damage | |
Very likely | 6 (5.0) |
Likely | 26 (21) |
Unlikely | 80 (66) |
Very unlikely | 9 (7.4) |
Use of physical methods | |
Very likely | 41 (34) |
Likely | 60 (50) |
Unlikely | 16 (13) |
Very unlikely | 4 (3.3) |
Fever has mostly beneficial effects | |
Strongly agree | 1 (0.8) |
Agree | 33 (27) |
Disagree | 70 (58) |
Strongly disagree | 17 (14) |