Mothers' knowledge and Practices regarding care of their children suffering from Thalassemia in Beni -Suef Governorate | ||
| Journal of Health Care Research | ||
| Volume 2, Issue 2, May 2025, Pages 145-167 PDF (604.39 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jhcr.2025.364362.1047 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Eman Salah Mahmoud* 1; Amel Abd El-Azim Mohamed2; Eman Mohamed MOHAMDME Elsherbiny3 | ||
| 1Community,faculty of nursing,Beni suef university,Beni suef ,Egypt | ||
| 2Associate professor of community health nursing, Faculty of nursing, Beni-Suef university | ||
| 3Associate professor of community health nursing, Beni-Suef University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Thalassemia is one of the most common genetic disorders worldwide. Mothers of children with thalassemia usually experience many suffering and challenges in caring of their children. Aim: Assess the mother's knowledge and practices regarding care of their children suffering from thalassemia in Beni-Suef Governorate. Design: Across sectional descriptive research design. Setting: The study was conducted at outpatient clinics of Beni–Suef University hospital. Sample: A convenience sample was used for selection of mothers (n=100). Tools: One tool used to achieve the aim of this study: Structural interviewing questionnaire Part I: Socio demographic data of mothers, personal data of the child and medical history of the child. Part II: Mothers’ knowledge regarding care of their children suffering from thalassemia. Part III: Mothers’ reported practices regarding care of their children suffering from thalassemia. Results: 35.0% of the studied mothers had inadequate total knowledge regarding thalassemia.While, 58.0% of the studied mothers had incompetent total reported practices regarding the care of their children suffering from thalassemia. Conclusion: There are highly statistically significant relation between age, kinship, education, job, income, number of their family members and total knowledge at (p value <0.01) .There are highly statistically significant relation between education, income and total mothers’ reported practices at (p value <0.05). Recommendations: Health education programs on knowledge and care practices about thalassemia for mothers of thalassemia children in every public hospital in Egypt. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Children; Knowledge; Mothers; Practices; Thalassemia | ||
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