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Mothers' Knowledge and Practice regarding Bronchial Asthma among Pre-school children

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Last updated: 26 Dec 2024

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Community Health Nursing

Abstract

Background Bronchial asthma is the most common chronic disease among children. It develops in childhood before age
five years that impacts morbidity and mortality rates among children as well as their quality of life. Consequently, it is
important to address mothers' awareness of the management and prevention of bronchial asthma attack among their
children. The aim of this study is to assess mothers' knowledge and practice regarding bronchial asthma among preschool
age children. Methodology: A cross sectional study design was carried out on 383 mothers in selected family
health centers and primary health care units at Mansoura districts. Four tools were developed by the researcher for
collecting the data of this study as the following: socio-demographic and economic characteristics of mothers and their
children, Structured interview questionnaire to assess knowledge, and subjective practice of mothers regarding bronchial
asthma. Results: The study revealed that mothers had moderate level of knowledge about bronchial asthma in addition
most of the studied mothers had improper practices regarding to prevention of bronchial asthma attack. Conclusion: It is
necessary to improve mothers' knowledge and practice regarding bronchial asthma. Finally, the researcher recommended
that a continuous health education program regarding bronchial asthma for mothers.

DOI

10.21608/mnj.2022.259024

Keywords

bronchial asthma, Mothers’ Knowledge, Practice, children

Authors

First Name

shymaa

Last Name

mohamed

MiddleName

elsaid

Affiliation

community, faculty of nursing, mansoura university

Email

nour07070707@gmail.com

City

mansoura

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First Name

Amel

Last Name

Ahmed

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Affiliation

Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

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First Name

Hanan

Last Name

Mohammed

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

Email

hananmesbah2005@gmail.com

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Volume

9

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

36631

Issue Date

2022-01-01

Receive Date

2021-07-11

Publish Date

2022-01-01

Page Start

243

Page End

250

Print ISSN

2735-4121

Online ISSN

2735-413X

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23

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1,468

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Publication Title

Mansoura Nursing Journal

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https://mnj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Mothers' Knowledge and Practice regarding Bronchial Asthma among Pre-school children

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Created At

23 Jan 2023