Effect of Educational Instructions on Mothers’ Self-Efficacy Regarding Quality of Life for their Children with Congenital Heart Diseases | ||||
Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
Volume 32, Issue 1, February 2024, Page 112-130 PDF (835.28 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2024.346127 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Sohaip Abdelhaq meawad1; Sabah Mohamed Sharshour2; Mai Hassan Elsharkawy3 | ||||
1Master student at pediatric nursing Faculty of Nursing,Tanta University 2 Nursing Specialist at Kafer Elshiekh University Hospitals | ||||
2Assistant Prof. of Pediatric Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University | ||||
3Lecturer of pediatric nursing Faculty of Nursing,Tanta University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Children with congenital heart diseases face serious problems which affect the quality of their life so; promoting mothers’ self-efficacy may affect quality of life of their children with congenital heart disease. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of educational instructions on mothers’ self-efficacy regarding quality of life their children with congenital heart diseases. Design: A quasi- experimental research design was used in the present study; the study was conducted at inpatient and outpatient Pediatric Department of Tanta Main University Hospital which affiliated to Ministry of Higher Education and scientific Research and Kafer El-Shiek Main University Hospitals. Subjects and Method: a purposive sample of seventy children and their mothers were involved in the present study the children aged from six to twelve years old. Three Tools were used: Mothers’ knowledge structured questionnaire, the children’s quality of life scale and the mothers’ self-efficacy scale. The results revealed that mothers’ knowledge had improved after the educational instructions implementation with positive correlation between total mothers knowledge about congenital heart diseases and their self-efficacy which in turn improve the quality of life of their children. The study concluded that the educational instructions had great effect in improving mothers’ knowledge, self-efficacy and quality of life of their children with congenital heart diseases. The study recommended that periodical educational program should be conducted for nurses to be knowledgeable about congenital heart diseases and nursing caring of these children | ||||
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