Assessment of Mothers and their Children’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Precautionary Measures to prevent Warts' Recurrence | ||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 34, Issue 3, August 2024 PDF (1.5 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2024.380207 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Samah Raafat Mohamed Saleh1; Sahar Mahmoud El-khedr Abdelgawad2; Nashwa Naeem El-Far3; Nahla Abd El-Naby El-Sayed4 | ||
| 11Master student of Pediatric Nursing , Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University Egypt. 2Teacher at Technical Secondary School of Nursing, Kafr El-shiekh, Egyp | ||
| 2Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing/ Tanta University, Egypt. | ||
| 3Professor of dermatology & Venereology department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University | ||
| 4Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Warts are one of the most chronic and frustrating skin and mucosal conditions encountered in dermatology clinics especially among children. Pediatric nurses play a key role in assessment, engaging and empowering mothers and children about warts. Aim: The current study aimed to assess mothers and their children’ knowledge and practice regarding precautionary measures to prevent warts recurrence. Design: descriptive research design was used. Setting: Outpatient clinic at Dermatology Department of Tanta University Hospital. Subjects: All mothers accompanied with their children (100) during the last six months were included. Two tools were used to collect the required data. Tool I: Mothers and Children’ Knowledge Regarding Warts, Tool II: Mothers and Children’s Reported Practice Regarding Warts Precautionary Measures. Results: All of children (100%) had low level of total knowledge about warts, nearly two thirds of mothers and more than two thirds of children had unsatisfactory practice regarding warts precautionary measures. Conclusion: The majority of studied mothers and all of studied children had low level of knowledge regarding warts. Highly positive significant correlations between mothers and children total knowledge and their total preventive practices of warts. Recommendations: Develop an awareness program for mothers and children about warts precautionary measures and use interactive and engaging teaching methods to educate children about warts. | ||
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