Mothers' Knowledge, Attitude and Reported Practices regarding their Children with Conjunctivitis at Sohag University Hospital | ||||
| Sohag Journal of Nursing Science | ||||
| Volume 4, Issue 6, January 2025, Page 134-145 PDF (432.83 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/sjns.2025.336007.1053 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Naglaa Ezzat Mohamed  1; Amany Mohamed Saad2; Ons Said El-Zayat2; Omima Mostafa3
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| 1Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University | ||||
| 2Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University | ||||
| 3Community Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Conjunctivitis is a common worldwide eye disease; especially among children. Conjunctivitis is responsible for 30% of all eye problems. Awareness of mothers regarding conjunctivitis is very important to prevent conjunctivitis among children. Aim of the study: Assess mothers' knowledge, attitude and reported practices regarding their children with conjunctivitis at sohag university hospital. Design: a descriptive cross - sectional study was used. Setting: This study conducted at Ophthalmic Outpatient Clinics at Sohag University Hospital. Sample: A purposive sample of mothers was compromised 190 mothers who attended to the previous setting with their children suffer from conjunctivitis. Tools: One tool was structured interview questionnaire consist of four parts, : Part I: Demographic characteristics of mothers, demographic characteristics of children and child past and present history of conjunctivitis. Part II: Mothers’ knowledge regarding conjunctivitis. Part lll: Mothers’ attitude regarding their children with conjunctivitis. Part IV: Mothers’ reported practices regarding care of their children with conjunctivitis. Result: The study results revealed that, 63.2% of the studied mothers had average level of total knowledge regarding conjunctivitis, 64.9% of the studied mothers had negative total attitude level toward conjunctivitis and 83.2% of the studied mothers had inadequate total reported practices level related to caring of child with conjunctivitis. Conclusion: There were high statistically significant positive correlation between studied mothers total knowledge, total attitude and total reported practices regarding conjunctivitis. Recommendations: Implementing an educational program for mothers to improve knowledge, practices and attitude toward conjunctivitis. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Attitude Children; Conjunctivitis; Mothers' knowledge; and practices Reported | ||||
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