Mothers ' knowledge and Practices toward Their Children Suffering from Juvenile Diabetes: an Assessment Study

Abstract

Background: Juvenile diabetes remains one of the most complex chronic diseases in childhood. Adolescents and those of lower socio-economic status are at higher risk for poorer metabolic control and difficulties with psychosocial well-being. Juvenile diabetes can be associated with adverse effects on cognition during childhood and adolescence. Caring for children with Juvenile diabetes is typically the role of the mother. Mother must pay special attention to the promotion of good eating habits, stimulate physical activity, monitor blood sugar levels, make frequent visits to physicians and provide emotional support to the child. Aim of the study: This study aimed to assess mothers' knowledge and practices toward their children suffering from juvenile diabetes. Methods: This study was a descriptive, performed on 77 mothers whose children suffering from juvenile diabetes and attends to the out-patient pediatric diabetic clinic at the pediatric hospital affiliated to Ain Shams University Hospitals. Tools of data collection: A predesigned questionnaire to assess characteristics of the studied children and mothers, mothers' knowledge about juvenile diabetes and checklists of mothers' reported practices regarding care of their children suffering from juvenile diabetes. Results: Nearly two thirds of the studied mothers had unsatisfactory knowledge about juvenile diabetes, more than half of the studied mothers had incorrect reported practices regarding care for their children suffering from juvenile diabetes. In addition, there was a positive correlation between total knowledge of the studied mothers and their total reported practice. Conclusions: Mothers under study had unsatisfactory knowledge and incorrect reported practices regarding care of their children suffering from juvenile diabetes. In addition, there was a positive correlation between total knowledge of the studied mothers and their total reported practices. Recommendations: Establishing educational programs to improve knowledge and practices of mothers regarding care of their children suffering from juvenile diabetes. Further researches are needed to measure knowledge about juvenile diabetes in Egypt and its effect on the child care. Encourage the use of updated methods for education about juvenile diabetes as mobile messages, available means of information technology, one to one diabetes education and care for children and their mothers.

Effect of Mothers’ Care Adherence on Control of type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Among their Children

“…The current study illustrated that there was a positive correlation between total score of the mother's knowledge about type 1 diabetes in children and total score of the mothers' practices. This result was consistent with Hussien et al,(2019) who conducted a study about "Mothers' Knowledge and Practices toward their Children Suffering from Juvenile Diabetes: an Assessment Study", it was found that Effect of Mothers' Care Adherence on Control of type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Among their Children there was a positive correlation between the total knowledge of the studied mothers about juvenile diabetes and their total reported practices.…”

“…From the researcher's perspective, this could be attributed to the positive effect of education program, good preparation of the mothers before the program; mothers were enthusiastic to know everything about diabetes, oral presentations, group discussion, feedbacks, explanatory booklets and videos, as well as facilitating effective online communication with the mothers. Also this result was inconsistent with Hussien et al, (2019) who conducted a study about " Mothers ' knowledge and Practices toward Their Children Suffering from Juvenile Diabetes: an Assessment Study", it was found that about two third from the diabetic children's mothers had unsatisfactory total knowledge score about care of their children.…”