Maternal Traditional practice toward their Children Suffering from Diarrheal Disease | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
Article 84, Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2022, Page 1139-1147 PDF (279.54 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.266948 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Iman IbrahimAbd Al-Moniem1; Eman AbdElfatah Ali* 2; Salma Mohamed Mohamed3 | ||||
1Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt | ||||
2Assistant professor of Pediatric Nursing Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University | ||||
3B.Cs in Nursing- Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Diarrhea is the second leading cause of death among under-5 years old children as it Leads to loss of large amounts of fluids and essential electrolytes causing varying degrees of dehydration and death Aim this study aimed to assess maternal traditional reported practice toward their children suffering from diarrheal disease.Research design:descriptive design was used. Sample: A purposive sample composed from 120 mothers accompanied with their children suffering from diarrheal disease Setting: This study was conducted in dehydration room in emergency department at children Hospital affiliated to Ain Shams University Hospitals Tools: three parts were used for data collection (1) predesigned questionnaire format, include the demographic characteristics of studied mothers and their children suffering from diarrheal disease &physical and physiological characteristics of child from medical record. (2) Studied mothers knowledge about diarrhea (3):Studied mothers reported practice regarding management of diarrheal disease. Result: the mean age of studied mothers was 32.27± 6.94,more than one third of studied mothers had good level of total knowledge about diarrhea and less than one quarter of them had good level of reported practice regarding management of diarrheal diseases for their children. Conclusions:This study reveals that there were positive correlation and highly statistical significant between studied mothers 'total level of knowledge and their total reported practice Recommendations: Educational program for mothers about the care that should be given to children suffering from diarrheal disease&providing brochures and booklets containing simple information about important of breast feeding and knowledge regarding weaning and danger signs of dehydration . | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Diarrhea; children; knowledge; Traditional practice | ||||
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