Effect of a Health Education Program for Caregivers Having Children with Thalassemia on Their Burnouts | ||
| Menoufia Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 10, Issue 3, July 2025, Pages 1-18 PDF (532.19 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/menj.2025.433006 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Eman Alsayed Haroon1; Afaf Salah Abd El- Mohsen2; Ons Said El-zayat3 | ||
| 1Assistant lecturer at Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, AL-Fayoum University. | ||
| 2Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University | ||
| 3Assist Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background Thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder causes major physical and psychological problems for children leading to caregivers' burnout. Purpose: To evaluate effect of a health Education program for caregivers having children with thalassemia on their burnouts. Research design: A quasi-experimental research design was used to conduct this study. Setting: The study was carried out at hematology out-patient clinic in Mustafa Hassan University Hospital for pediatric, Al-Fayoum. Sampling: A purposive sample of 116 caregivers was used to achieve the purpose of the study. Instruments: Two instruments were used for data collection in the present study (knowledge about thalassemia structured interviewing questionnaire and caregivers` burnout instrument for thalassemia): Results: The findings revealed that there was an improvement in total knowledge, attitude, reported practice and reduced burnout as (8.6% Vs 82.7%), (13.8% Vs 87.9%), (15.5% Vs 87.1%) and (74.2% Vs 10.3%) respectively versus posttest. Conclusion: Health educational program about caring for children with thalassemia, improving knowledge, attitude, practices and reduce burnout. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Burnout; caregivers; thalassemia | ||
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