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Caregivers Awareness Regarding Health Care offered to their children with Ewing Sarcoma

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Last updated: 25 Feb 2025

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Background: Ewing sarcoma is a very aggressive malignancy tumor that requires complex multidisciplinary management. The aim of the study: Was to assess caregivers' awareness regarding health care offered to their children with Ewing sarcoma. Research design: A descriptive analytical design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted at outpatient clinics for bone tumors in Elbuhaira cancer center, Egypt. Sample: convenience sample composed of (335) caregivers caring for their children with Ewing sarcoma. Tools: Three tools were used. First tool: Structured interviewing questionnaire for caregiver was used. Second tool: Attitude of caregiver for children with Ewing sarcoma. Third tool: Observational checklist for health status of child with Ewing sarcoma. Results: 66.2% of the studied caregivers had un satisfactory total level of knowledge, 57.7% of them had un satisfactory total level of reported practice, and 51.3% of them had a negative attitude. 80.3% of children with Ewing sarcoma had a high health needs. Conclusion: There were a highly statistical significant relation between caregivers' total knowledge and their educational level, monthly income, age, and relation with child. There was a highly statistical significant relation between caregivers' total knowledge and their total reported practice, and between caregivers' total reported practice and their total children health needs. Recommendations: Increasing awareness of the Caregiver about Ewing sarcoma through periodically educational programmers . Further studies including larger samples of children with Ewing sarcoma and their caregivers from different geographical areas to generalize the results in Egypt.

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10.21608/ejhc.2023.412086

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caregiver, Awareness, Health Care, Ewing sarcoma

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Lamyaa

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Momtaz Mohamed

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Family and Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

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Nahla

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Ahmed Abdalaziz

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Family and Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

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Mona

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Abo Bakr Abd Ellatef

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Family and Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

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14

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2

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40375

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2023-06-01

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2025-02-17

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2023-06-01

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1,396

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1,410

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1687-9546

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3009-6766

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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Caregivers Awareness Regarding Health Care offered to their children with Ewing Sarcoma

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25 Feb 2025