Mothers’ Knowledge, Practice and Attitude regarding Warts in Children | ||
| Journal of Nursing Science Benha University | ||
| Article 39, Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2022, Pages 589-603 PDF (1.5 M) | ||
| Document Type: Scientific peer reviewed journal | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.247681 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Amany Mohammed Elsayed el attar* 1; Mahbouba Sobhy Abd El-Aziz2; Ahlam El Ahmady Mohammed Sarahan2 | ||
| 1M.Sc. student of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing -Benha University, Egypt | ||
| 2Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing -Benha University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Warts are one of the most common, persistent and frustrating cutaneous problems encountered in dermatology clinical practice especially in younger generations. Aim of study: Was to assess mothers’ knowledge and attitude regarding warts in children. Research design: A descriptive research design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted at Dermatology Outpatient Clinics affiliated to Benha University Hospital. Sample: All mothers accompanied with their children in the previous mentioned setting during six months were used, it included 150 mothers. Tools of data collection: Two tools were used, I: A structured interviewing questionnaire consisted of three parts I; a) Demographic characteristics of mothers, b) Demographic characteristics of children, c) Medical history of children. II: Mothers’ knowledge regarding their children with warts. III; Mother's practices regarding their children with warts, and II: Scale to measure attitude of the mothers about warts. Results: 41.3% of studied mothers aged from 20-30 years and 48.0% of them had high education. 23.3% of mothers had average knowledge about warts disease, 61.3% of mothers had unsatisfactory total practices regarding dealing with their children, and46.0%of mothers had negative attitude regarding warts. Conclusion: There were a statically significant relation between mothers’ knowledge, practices and their demographic characteristics, and there was significant relation between total mothers practice and total knowledge. Recommendations: Health education program should be implemented at dermatology outpatient clinics to improve mother's knowledge, practices and attitude regarding their children with warts disease. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Key words: Children; Demographic; Knowledge & Practices and attitude; Warts | ||
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