Effect of Educational Program on Mothers’ Knowledge and Practices regarding Care for their Children with Febrile Convulsions

Document Type : Scientific peer reviewed journal

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1 Clinical Instructor, Pediatric Nursing -Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

2 Pediatric Nursing-Faculty of Nursing-Tanta University, Egypt

3 Pediatric Nursing-Faculty of Nursing -Benha University, Egypt

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Background: Febrile Convulsions (FCs) are the most common convulsive disorder of childhood and represent a benign condition in children. FCs occurrence is the most frequent causes of emergency hospital admission. Aim of study: Was to evaluate the effect of educational program on mothers‟ knowledge and practices regarding care for their children with febrile convulsions. Research design: A quasi experimental research design was used to conduct this study. Settings:
This study was conducted at Inpatient Pediatric department, in Benha University Hospital, Benha Teaching Hospital and Benha Specialized Pediatric Hospital which affiliated to Ministry of Health and Population. Sample: A convenient sample of 80 mothers accompanying their children with febrile convulsion regardless their characteristics and admitted to previous mentioned settings. Tools of data collection: Three tools were used to collect data. I: A questionnaire interview sheet to assess mothers and children personal characteristics. II: Mothers‟ knowledge questionnaire sheet and III: Mothers‟ reported practice. Results: There is statistical significant difference between mothers‟ knowledge about febrile convulsion pre-post program implementation (p < 0.001). Where, the minority 3.8% of studied mothers has good knowledge during pre- program implementation, while this percentage is improved to 92.5% post- program implementation also the majority (95%) of the studied mothers had satisfactory reported practices regarding F.C post-program implementation and there was a highly statistical significant difference when compared with pre program implementation. (P <0.001). Conclusion: The educational program was effective in improving mothers‟ knowledge & reported practices level regarding care for their children with FCs. Recommendation: Further education in the pediatric clinic or via mass media to provide both public and mothers with accurate knowledge and appropriate practices for children with febrile convulsions.

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