Background: Cerebral palsy describes a group of permanent disorder of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation attributed to non-progressive disturbances occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain. Aim of study: Was to assessmothers’ awareness regarding care for children with cerebral palsy at Benha City. Research Design: A descriptive research design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted at Neurology Pediatric Outpatient Clinics at Benha University Hospital, and Children Specialized Hospital in Benha City: Sample: purposive sample was used in this study and the sample size was125 mothers attended to the previous setting. Tools of data collection: Two tools were used in this study. Tool I: A structured interviewing questionnaire was used included three parts to assess a): Mothers socio- demographic characteristics and personal characteristics of the studied CP children, b): Medical history of the studied children, c): Mothers’ knowledge regarding cerebral palsy. Tool II: It was concerned with observational practices to assess mothers’ care regarding children with cerebral palsy. Results: 8% of the studied mothers had total good knowledge level about CP, 18.4% of them had total average knowledge level, and 73.6% of them had total poor knowledge level regarding cerebral palsy. 37.6% of the studied mothers had total satisfactory practice level and 62.4% of them had total unsatisfactory practice level. Conclusion: There was statistically significant relation between the studied mothers' total knowledge level and total practices level. Recommendations: Develop and implement educational programs to increase mothers’ awareness regarding care for children with cerebral palsy.
El-Saeid Abd-Elatif, A., Abd-El Gawad Abd-ElMageed, H., & Mohamed Sobhy Elsayed, D. (2025). Mothers’ Awareness regarding Care for Children with Cerebral Palsy at Benha City.. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 6(2), 337-346. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2025.444817
MLA
Amira El-Saeid Abd-Elatif; Hanaa Abd-El Gawad Abd-ElMageed; Doaa Mohamed Sobhy Elsayed. "Mothers’ Awareness regarding Care for Children with Cerebral Palsy at Benha City.", Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 6, 2, 2025, 337-346. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2025.444817
HARVARD
El-Saeid Abd-Elatif, A., Abd-El Gawad Abd-ElMageed, H., Mohamed Sobhy Elsayed, D. (2025). 'Mothers’ Awareness regarding Care for Children with Cerebral Palsy at Benha City.', Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 6(2), pp. 337-346. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2025.444817
VANCOUVER
El-Saeid Abd-Elatif, A., Abd-El Gawad Abd-ElMageed, H., Mohamed Sobhy Elsayed, D. Mothers’ Awareness regarding Care for Children with Cerebral Palsy at Benha City.. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 2025; 6(2): 337-346. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2025.444817
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