Background: Warts are one of the most common, persistent and frustrating cutaneous problems encountered in dermatology clinical practice especially in younger generations. Aim of study: Was to assess mothers’ knowledge and attitude regarding warts in children. Research design: A descriptive research design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted at Dermatology Outpatient Clinics affiliated to Benha University Hospital. Sample: All mothers accompanied with their children in the previous mentioned setting during six months were used, it included 150 mothers. Tools of data collection: Two tools were used, I: A structured interviewing questionnaire consisted of three parts I; a) Demographic characteristics of mothers, b) Demographic characteristics of children, c) Medical history of children. II: Mothers’ knowledge regarding their children with warts. III; Mother's practices regarding their children with warts, and II: Scale to measure attitude of the mothers about warts. Results: 41.3% of studied mothers aged from 20-30 years and 48.0% of them had high education. 23.3% of mothers had average knowledge about warts disease, 61.3% of mothers had unsatisfactory total practices regarding dealing with their children, and46.0%of mothers had negative attitude regarding warts. Conclusion: There were a statically significant relation between mothers’ knowledge, practices and their demographic characteristics, and there was significant relation between total mothers practice and total knowledge. Recommendations: Health education program should be implemented at dermatology outpatient clinics to improve mother's knowledge, practices and attitude regarding their children with warts disease.
Mohammed Elsayed el attar, A., Sobhy Abd El-Aziz, M., & El Ahmady Mohammed Sarahan, A. (2022). Mothers’ Knowledge, Practice and Attitude regarding Warts in Children. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 3(2), 589-603. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.247681
MLA
Amany Mohammed Elsayed el attar; Mahbouba Sobhy Abd El-Aziz; Ahlam El Ahmady Mohammed Sarahan. "Mothers’ Knowledge, Practice and Attitude regarding Warts in Children". Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 3, 2, 2022, 589-603. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.247681
HARVARD
Mohammed Elsayed el attar, A., Sobhy Abd El-Aziz, M., El Ahmady Mohammed Sarahan, A. (2022). 'Mothers’ Knowledge, Practice and Attitude regarding Warts in Children', Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 3(2), pp. 589-603. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.247681
VANCOUVER
Mohammed Elsayed el attar, A., Sobhy Abd El-Aziz, M., El Ahmady Mohammed Sarahan, A. Mothers’ Knowledge, Practice and Attitude regarding Warts in Children. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 2022; 3(2): 589-603. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.247681
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