Mothers' Knowledge and Practice about Conjunctivitis in Early Childhood at Assiut Ophthalmology Hospital
Mohammed, H., Abd-El-Kreme, H., El-sayh, K. (2015). Mothers' Knowledge and Practice about Conjunctivitis in Early Childhood at Assiut Ophthalmology Hospital. EKB Journal Management System, 3(6), 94-103. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2015.59800
Huda Sayed Mohammed; Hekmat Ibrahim Abd-El-Kreme; Khalid Ibrahim El-sayh. "Mothers' Knowledge and Practice about Conjunctivitis in Early Childhood at Assiut Ophthalmology Hospital". EKB Journal Management System, 3, 6, 2015, 94-103. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2015.59800
Mohammed, H., Abd-El-Kreme, H., El-sayh, K. (2015). 'Mothers' Knowledge and Practice about Conjunctivitis in Early Childhood at Assiut Ophthalmology Hospital', EKB Journal Management System, 3(6), pp. 94-103. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2015.59800
Mohammed, H., Abd-El-Kreme, H., El-sayh, K. Mothers' Knowledge and Practice about Conjunctivitis in Early Childhood at Assiut Ophthalmology Hospital. EKB Journal Management System, 2015; 3(6): 94-103. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2015.59800

Mothers' Knowledge and Practice about Conjunctivitis in Early Childhood at Assiut Ophthalmology Hospital

Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal
Article 9, Volume 3, Issue 6, December 2015, Page 94-103  XML PDF (548.12 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2015.59800
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Authors
Huda Sayed Mohammed1; Hekmat Ibrahim Abd-El-Kreme2; Khalid Ibrahim El-sayh3
1Nursing specialist at Abnub Secondary Nursing School, Egypt.
2Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.
3Assistant Professor of pediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt.
Abstract
Conjunctivitis is an inflammation due to infection in the lining over the eyeball and inside the eyelids. Inflammation can cause blood vessels in the eye to become larger; this makes the white of the eye look pink or red. Conjunctivitis is common among children under five years of age. Aims: To assess mothers' knowledge and practice about conjunctivitis in early childhood (< 5 years) at Assuit Ophthalmology Hospital. Design: Descriptive research design was used. Setting: The study was conducted in outpatient clinic at Assuit Ophthalmology Hospital. The Subjects: subject consisted of 200 mothers having children at early childhood (< 5 years) and suffering from conjunctivitis. Results: Results revealed that more than two fifths of them aged 1 - < 3 years. Female constituted 52.0% of the studied children. The majority of mothers lived in rural areas. The vast majority of them had poor knowledge and practice about conjunctivitis at Assuit Ophthalmology Hospital. Conclusions: There were significant relations between mothers' education, occupation, their knowledge and practice regarding early childhood conjunctivitis at Assuit Ophthalmology Hospital. Recommendation: Follow up sheet to every child has conjunctivitis frequently to identify causes of his recurrent infection and prevent it before complications that are avoidable before occurring.
Keywords
Knowledge; Practice; Mothers & Early Childhood Conjunctivitis
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