Mothers’ Awareness about Caring of Their Children with Brain Tumor | ||||
| Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice | ||||
| Article 10, Volume 4, Issue 10, June 2025, Page 90-104 PDF (1.43 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Scientific Research Periodical | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.382820.1336 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
shymaa kordy ahmed 
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| شارع يحي غازي | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Mothers play an important role in improving quality of life for their children with brain tumors through their awareness of all aspect of child caring. Aim: The current study aimed to assess mothers’ awareness about caring for their children with a brain tumor. Design: Descriptive research design was used in this study. Setting: This study was conducted in the inpatient and outpatient neurological department in Children Cancer Hospital Foundation- Egypt 57357. Sampling: A purposive sample composed of 150 mothers having children with brain tumors. Tools: two tools were used for data collection. 1st tool: A structured interview questionnaire included; characteristics data of the studied mothers, characteristics data of their children and knowledge of mothers about brain tumor and care given for their children. 2nd Tool: mothers’ reported practices. Results: The minority of mothers had good level of total knowledge and less than two fifths of them had adequate level of reported practices regarding caring for children with brain tumor. Furthermore, there was statistically significant positive correlation between mothers’ total knowledge scores, and their reported practices. Conclusion: The majority of the studied mothers had a poor level of knowledge. Also, more than three fifths of them had an inadequate level of reported practices regarding caring for their children with brain tumor. Also, appositive correlation was observed between total knowledge level and reported practices of the mothers. Recommendation: Develop an educational program focusing on brain tumor awareness and caregiving techniques | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Awareness; brain tumor; caring; children; Mothers | ||||
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