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Habits and Socialization among Primary School Children Having Visual, Hearing, and Intellectual Disabilities: Descriptive study

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Socialization of a child is something that is typically a natural phenomenon, but for children with disabilities, it can be difficult and especially challenging. Aim: This study aimed to explore the habits and socialization among primary school children having visual, hearing, and intellectual disabilities. Design: Cross-sectional descriptive research design was used in this study. Setting: This study was conducted at special needs schools in Assiut city; includes El-Fekria school for mentally retarded children, El-Nour for blind children and El-Amal school for deaf and dumb. Sample: A convenient sample included parents of 588 disabled children. Tools: A structured interview questionnaire was used. It includes characteristics of the child and their parents, family history and consanguinity, medical history of the child disability, as well as parents' knowledge about disability. Results: The majority of children were males, from rural areas, have illiterate fathers and mothers, they had positive history of disability and consanguinity, & the majority of parent had unsatisfactory level of knowledge. Conclusion: disabled children are more likely to have socialization problems. Their parents' knowledge about disability is very low. Recommendation: The current study recommended that provide support and education programs for parents to improve the care provided to children with disabilities.

DOI

10.21608/asnj.2021.64346.1138

Keywords

children, Disability Habits, Socialization, parents, Primary School& Nursing

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First Name

Faransa

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

Ali

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Pediatric Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing. Assiut University

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dr.faransaali@yahoo.com

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Assiut

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Maram01007653134

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Safaa

Last Name

Mahmoud

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Rashad

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Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing. Assiut University.

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Mervat

Last Name

Sayed

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Amin

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Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Fayoum University

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First Name

Huwida

Last Name

Abdelmonem

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Hamdy

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Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Fayoum University.

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8

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23

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20630

Issue Date

2020-12-01

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2021-02-21

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2020-12-01

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188

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198

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2314-8845

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2682-3799

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1,727

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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Habits and Socialization among Primary School Children Having Visual, Hearing, and Intellectual Disabilities: Descriptive study

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22 Jan 2023