Nephrotic Syndrome Knowledge and Health Care Related Practices among School Age Children and their Mothers
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Nephrotic Syndrome Knowledge and Health Care Related Practices among School Age Children and their Mothers, SUZAN I. KHIDER, AFKAR R. MOHAMED, NAGLAA F. MAHMOUD and RASHA ESSAME
Abstract
Background: Nephrotic syndrome is documented as a common chronic disease in childhood. The knowledge of parent from different angles of the disease is vital to increase the parental awareness about therapeutic facilities to treat children and to enhance the quality of life and the health of the community.
Aim of the Study: The current study was designed to assess nephrotic syndrome knowledge and health care related prac-tices among school age children and their mothers.
Subjects and Methods: A descriptive exploratory research design was utilized in this study. A convenient sample includes 50 school age children aged 8-12 years old with nephrotic syndrome and their mothers. The settings were the Pediatric Medicine Inpatient Departments and Outpatient Clinic at two Pediatric Hospitals affiliated to Cairo University. The required data was collected through structured interview questionnaire which developed by the research investigator. Nephrotic syndrome knowledge sheet and health related practices ques-tionnaire were developed to assess knowledge and health care related practices among school age children with nephrotic syndrome and their mothers.
Results: The current study revealed that the highest percentages of the children who suffer from nephrotic syn-drome and their mothers had unsatisfactory level of total knowledge and health related practices.
Conclusion: Mother education, occupation, place of residence and family income had a high statistical significant relation with mothers' total knowledge and health related practice, however there were no statistical significant relation between mothers' age and their knowledge. In addition, children age, education and place of residence and family income had statistical significance relation with children total knowledge.
Recommendations: Pediatric nurses should provide edu-cational sessions for school age children and their mothers about nephrotic syndrome to raise their level of health aware-ness about care of the disease.