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Effect of Educational Training Program for Mothers about their Cancer Children Care and its Effect on Children Health Status

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Background: Cancer diagnosis and its treatment highly affects negatively on
health –related quality of life of children with cancer in physical, social,
psychological, and cognitive dimensions in addition to put their care giver in a
challenging situation.The aim: of this study was to evaluate the effect of
educational training program for mothers about care of their children with cancer
and its effect on children health status. Quasi-experimental research design was
used in the study, a convenient sample of 50 mothers and their children with cancer
at inpatient and out- patient departments at Oncology Institute in Mansoura City
for six months from November 2013 to April 2014.The tools: of data collection
were an interview questionnaire formto collect data about socio-demographic
characteristics for studied mothers and their children, assessment of knowledge&
reported practice related childhood cancer and chemotherapy sheet and assessment
of children health status scale. The results: revealed that There were statistically
significant improvements in mother's knowledge and reported practice with p.
value P<0.001.Subsequently, the results lead to a positive impact on their
children's health status (physical, psychological, and social status),while there were
no statistically significant improvement in children school achievement and their
self- care .The study recommended: periodic or continuoustraining program
should be applied for mothers and their child in the pediatric oncology departments
to improve their knowledge and practice about childhood cancerwhich can increase
improving in physical, psychological and social dimensions for children and
subsequently improving of school achievement and self-care as possible.

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10.21608/pssjn.2016.32500

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Intervention program, Mother's knowledge & practice, childhood cancer, children health status

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Doaa

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Bahig

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pediatric nursing -Faculty of Nursing University Aswan University

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Amal

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Khalil

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pediatric nursing- Faculty of Nursing Port Said University

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Nabilla

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Abdella

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pediatric nursing- Faculty of Nursing Port Said University

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Momahmed

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Elmazahy

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pediatric medicin- al Azhar University

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3

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2

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2016-12-01

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2016-06-27

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2016-12-01

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44

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58

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2356-8658

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2682-3241

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PSSJN_Volume 3_Issue 2_Pages 44-58.pdf

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Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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Effect of Educational Training Program for Mothers about their Cancer Children Care and its Effect on Children Health Status

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22 Jan 2023