Nephrotic syndrome knowledge and health care related practices among school age children and their mothers = المعلومات و الممارسات الصحية عن المتلازمة الكلوية لدى الأطفال المرضى فى سن المدرسة و أمهاتهم / Suzan Ibrahim Abdelall ; Supervised Afkar Ragab Mohammed , Naglaa Fathi Mahmoud , Rasha Essam Eldin Galal

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Nursing - Department of Pediatric Nursing

Background: Nephrotic syndrome is documented as a common chronic disease in childhood. The knowledge of parent from different angles of the disease is vitalto increase the parental awareness about therapeutic facilities to treat and to enhance the quality of life and the health of the children. Aim of the study: The current study aimed to; assess nephrotic syndrome knowledge and health care related practices among school age children with nephrotic syndrome and their mothers. A descriptive exploratory research design was utilized. Materials and methods: A convenient sample include 50 school age children aged 8-12 years with nephrotic syndrome and their mothers was participated in the study, the sitting of the study were in pediatrics inpatient departments and outpatient clinic at two pediatric hospitals affiliated to Cairo university. The required data was collected through structured interview questionnaire which consisted of fife parts; demographic data of the studied children, their mothers, medical history of the studied children, knowledge assessment sheet and reported practices sheet. Results: The current study revealed that the highest percentages of the studied children and their mothers had unsatisfactory level of general knowledge and health care related practices regarding nephrotic syndrome. Mother education, occupation, place of residence and family income had positive correlation with mothers{u2019} total knowledge. In addition, children age, education and place of residence and family income had positive correlation with children total knowledge and health care related practices. Conclusion: The current study concluded that highest percentages of the children and their mothers had unsatisfactory level of their general knowledge and health care related practices and there is positive correlation between their general knowledge, health care related practices and their demographic data. It was recommended that pediatric nurses should provide educational classes for school age children and their mothers about nephrotic syndrome to elevate their level of health awareness about care of the disease

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