Mothers' Performance regarding their Children with Conjunctivitis at Sohag University Hospital | ||
| Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice | ||
| Article 30, Volume 3, Issue 7, September 2024, Pages 364-378 PDF (1.4 M) | ||
| Document Type: Scientific Research Periodical | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/hijnrp.2024.312544.1205 | ||
| Author | ||
| Naglaa Ezzat Mohamed* | ||
| Community health nursing, Faculty of nursing,Helwan University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Conjunctivitis is a common worldwide eye disease; especially among children. Conjunctivitis is responsible for ∼30% of all eye problems. Awareness of mothers regarding conjunctivitis is very important to prevent conjunctivitis among children. Aim of the study: Assess mothers' performance regarding their children with conjunctivitis at Sohag University hospital. Design: a descriptive research design was used. Setting: This study conducted at Ophthalmic Outpatient Clinics at Sohag University Hospital. Sample: A purposive sample of mothers was compromised 190 mothers who attended to the previous setting with their children suffer from conjunctivitis. Tools: One tool was structured interview questionnaire consist of four parts, : Part I: Demographic characteristics of mothers, demographic characteristics of children and child past and present history of conjunctivitis. Part II: Mothers’ knowledge regarding conjunctivitis. Part lll: Mothers’ attitude regarding their children with conjunctivitis. Part IV: Mothers’ reported practices regarding care of their children with conjunctivitis. Result: The study results revealed that, 63.2% of the studied mothers had average level of total knowledge regarding conjunctivitis, 64.9% of the studied mothers had negative total attitude level toward conjunctivitis and 83.2% of the studied mothers had inadequate total reported practices level related to caring of child with conjunctivitis. Conclusion: There were high statistically significant positive correlation between studied mothers total attitude, total reported practices and total knowledge regarding conjunctivitis. Recommendations: Implementing an educational programs for mothers to improve knowledge, practices and attitude toward conjunctivitis. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Children; Conjunctivitis; Mothers' Performance | ||
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