Effect of Educational Program on Knowledge and Health Care Practices about Nephrotic Syndrome among Mothers of Pre-School Children

Abstract

Background: Nephrotic syndrome is a clinical state that is common in preschool children includes massive proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hyperlipemia, and edema. Mothers are the primary care giver; if they have adequate knowledge and awareness about therapeutic facilities to treat children from nephrotic syndrome through educational program. The aim of the study: to evaluate the effect of educational program on knowledge and health care practices about nephrotic syndrome among mothers of preschool children. Design: pretest-posttest design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: The study conducted in pediatric word at Minia University Hospital for Obstetrics and Pediatrics Sample: 50 mothers of preschool children about nephrotic syndrome. Tools: Pre-designed questionnaire sheet, sheet about reported practices and Educational program. Results: Result of this study showed significant improvement in mothers knowledge and health care practices about nephrotic syndrome in post/test. Conclusion: After program implementation there was remarkable improvement of mothers knowledge and health care practices about nephrotic syndrome. Recommendations: A developed program should be applied and repeat again in the same study setting.

Impact of Health Instructions on Knowledge and Reported Practice of Mothers’ having Children Newly Diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome

“…This finding might be due to that the studied mothers had a first experience with such disease, and the majority live in rural areas. (Abolwafa & Hossein, 2018).…”

Mothers Quality of Life towards their Children with Nephrotic Syndrome at Pediatric Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad City

“…Mothers are assisting health workers, especially younger children, such as weighing diapers, checking the jar for albumin, weighing day after day, measuring the circumference of the abdomen, and secondly, assessing edema by staring at the swelling around the eye and the dependent area, third, it must be restricted Diet such as salt, fluid, and excessive protein at some point from the onset of edema and IV, and protecting the infant with NS from contamination all these responsibilities fall on the mothers, which inevitably affects the quality of life [5] .…”

Nefrotik Sendrom ve Hemşirelik Yönetimi

“…NS'de destek tedavisi ve farmakolojik tedavi uygulanmakta ve rutin tedavinin temelini kortikosteroidler, diüretikler ve sodyum kısıtlaması oluşturmaktadır (4 (11). Hemşirelerin, hasta ve hasta yakınlarına, NS ve tedavisi, komplikasyonları, hastalığa uyum ile ilgili eğitim vermesi sağlık bilincini arttırmada önemli bir yere sahiptir (12).…”

“…Komplikasyonların önlenmesi için hemşirenin yapması gerekenler, sıvı tutulumuna yönelik aldığı-çıkardığı izlemi yapmak, tedavinin sonuçlarını değerlendirmek, günlük olarak hastanın ağırlığını ölçmek, ödemi değerlendirmek, yaşam bulgularını özellikle kan basıncını izlemek, tromboemboliyi önlemek için egzersize yönlendirmek ve hastaya uygun diyetin kontrolünü sağlamak gibi temel sorumlulukları vardır (11). Hemşirelerin, hasta ve hasta yakınlarına, NS ve tedavisi, komplikasyonları, hastalığa uyum ile ilgili eğitim vermesi sağlık bilincini arttırmada önemli bir yere sahiptir (12).…”