Educational Health Program for Mothers Regarding Infantile Colic Syndrome at Assiut City | ||||
International Egyptian Journal of Nursing Sciences and Research | ||||
Article 3, Volume 3, Issue 2, January 2023, Page 32-51 PDF (759.27 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejnsr.2023.277680 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Shimaa Abdelrahim Khalaf1; Hanan Azouz Abd Elhay2; Aml Abdel shafy Mohamed3 | ||||
1Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt | ||||
2Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt | ||||
3Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Infantile colic is period of devastated and inexplicable crying in an apparently healthy infant, leads to drained, bothered and worried parents. It affects 30% of infants worldwide with equivalent frequency in male and female. Aim: To evaluate the impact of an educational program on mothers' knowledge regarding infantile colic syndrome. Methods: Quasi- experimental (pre/posttest) research design was used in all of the five maternal and child health care centers. Sample: Included 402 mothers. Two tools; Tool (1): A structure interview questionnaire sheet composed of three parts; part (I): Mothers' personal data; part (II): Infants' data and part (III): Mothers' knowledge about infantile colic syndrome. Tool (II): Infant colic scale, which included total of 22 items in five subscales. Results: It was found that 29.9% and 68.9 of mothers had university education and from rural area. There was improvement of mothers' knowledge in posttest mean=19.46 while it was 8.46 in pretest. There was statistical significance relation between mothers’ total mean score of knowledge and education, occupation and residence in pretest. Conclusion and recommendations: There was improvement in mothers' knowledge after the implementation of the educational program. Availability of educational material in MCH to increase awareness regarding infantile colic is recommended. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Educational health program; Infantile colic syndrome; Mothers | ||||
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