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Mothers’ knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards their Children with Cerebral Palsy at Assiut City, Egypt

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Background: Cerebral palsy is a group of neurological disorders caused by damage in the developing brain that affect the brain‟s ability to control movement and maintain posture and balance. Aim of the study: To assess mothers‟ knowledge, attitudes, and reported practices towards their children with cerebral palsy at Assiut city, Egypt. Setting: The study was carried out in Nour Al-Hayat center for rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy, Kian rehabilitation center and Comprehensive rehabilitation center. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional research design was used in this study. The total number of sample was 210 mothers. Tools of the study: Structured interviewing questionnaire was consisted of four tools for data collection. First tool included socioeconomic scale, characteristics of mothers and their children. Second tool: Mothers‟ knowledge about CP. Third tool: Mothers‟ attitude scale. Fourth tool: Mothers‟ reported practices. Results: One-third of mothers their ages were ≥ 35 years and two-fifths of them had secondary and intermediate institute education. 59.5% of mothers had poor knowledge, 40.5% had neutral attitude and 78.1% of them had unsatisfactory reported practices. Conclusion: There were statistical significant differences between mothers' mothers' socio-demographic characteristics and their total knowledge, attitudes and reported practices regarding care of their children with cerebral palsy. Also, there was positive correlation between knowledge and reported practices scores. Recommendation: Development of an educational and training program should be conducted for mothers to improve their knowledge and practices in caring for their children with CP.

DOI

10.21608/asnj.2024.296815.1841

Keywords

Attitudes, Cerebral palsy, Knowledge, Mothers & Practices

Authors

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Samah

Last Name

Mostafa

MiddleName

Ashraf Sayed

Affiliation

Demonstrator of Family and Community Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.

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samahashraf@nursing.aun.edu.eg

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assiut

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Emad

Last Name

Hammad

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Professor of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt.

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emadeldaly_jm@yahoo.com

City

assiut

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First Name

Soad

Last Name

Sharkawy

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Abd Elhamed

Affiliation

Professor of Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.

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soad@aun.edu.eg

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Walaa

Last Name

Abdalfata

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Hassan

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Assistant Professor of Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.

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walaa75@aun.edu.eg

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12

Article Issue

45

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48834

Issue Date

2024-07-01

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2024-06-11

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2024-07-01

Page Start

169

Page End

183

Print ISSN

2314-8845

Online ISSN

2682-3799

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1,040

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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https://asnj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Mothers’ knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards their Children with Cerebral Palsy at Assiut City, Egypt

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24 Dec 2024