Parents' Care About Pneumonia Among Preschool Children | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 30, Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2018, Page 427-442 PDF (386.9 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2018.198489 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Amira Ahmed Ali Hassan1; Seham Guirguis Ragheb2; Asmaa Talaat Mohamed3 | ||||
| 1Nursing Master Student, Faculty of Nursing , Ain Shams University | ||||
| 2Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing , Ain Shams University | ||||
| 3Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing , Ain Shams University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Pneumonia is the inflammation of the lung parenchyma and it is one of the leading cause of mortality in children aged less than five years. Aim: Assess parents' care for preschool children with pneumonia. Setting: pediatric outpatient clinic at the Nasser Institute Hospital for Research and Treatment, Cairo, Egypt. Research design: A descriptive design was used in this study. Sample: A purposive sample composed of 135 children diagnosed with pneumonia and their parents attending the previous mentioned setting over a period of 6 months during the winter and the autumn season. Tools: First tool, an interviewing questionnaire designed by the researcher to assess a) socio-demographic data of children, b) socio-demographic data of parents, C) parent’s knowledge, D) parent's practice. Second tool, consisted of a) Child medical record data, Physical examination tool. Results: More than half of the studied parents had unsatisfactory knowledge meanwhile, more than one third of them had satisfactory knowledge. More than half of the studied parents had not done practice meanwhile, more than one third of them had done practice. More than two thirds of the studied children had health problems meanwhile, more than one third of them had no health problems. More than half of the studied children had achieved needs meanwhile, more than one third of them had not achieved needs. Conclusion: There was a highly statistically significant relation between the studied parents demographic characteristics (age, education level and occupation) and satisfactory knowledge. There was a statistically significant relation between the studied parents demographic characteristics (age, education level and occupation) and done practice. There was a highly statistically significant positive correlation between total knowledge and total practice. Recommendations: Further research studies are needed for ongoing assessment of children and parents including large sample for generalization of results. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Pneumonia; Preschool Children - Parents' Care | ||||
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