Mothers' Knowledge and Practices Regarding First aids Management of Domestic Accidents among Under-Five Children in El-Beheira Governorate.

Abstract

Background: -Domestic accidents are the most common cause of death in children under 5 years of age. First aid intervention can lower the disability and increase the chances of survival of the injured child. Most of these accidents are preventable through increase mothers̛awareness and improvements in the home environment. Aim of this study to assess mothers' knowledge and practices regarding first aids management of domestic accidents among under-five children in El-Beheira governorate. Research design: a descriptive exploratory research design. Settings: This study was conducted at the governmental primary health care centers in El-Beheira governorate. Tools: Mothers structured interview schedule and home safety assessment sheet. Results: the mean age of studied mothers was (27.22±5.02.) and 45.1% of them had secondary education. The most commonly reported source of information about first aid was mass media followed by relatives. Two fifths of the mothers had fair knowledge regarding first aid, while 51.7%of them had poor first aid measures. With regard to mothers̛safety practices for prevention of domestic accidents 41.3% of the mothers reported fair safety practices. There was highly significance relation between mothers' knowledge and practices regarding first aid and their age, education and occupation. There was highly significant relation between mother's safety practices and education, marital status, family monthly income. Conclusion: the study concluded that the reported first aid practices among studied mothers weren't satisfactory particularly regarding drowning, foreign body aspiration. However, they had fair knowledge regarding first aid measures. Recommendations: inclusion of training program regarding first aid management and the prevention of home accidents in the educational curriculum of preparatory and secondary schools and Universities.

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“…Another study conducted at Al-Khobar city in KSA revealed that 80.8% did not have knowledge about cardiopulmonary resuscitation, which is very important in handling choking ( 37 ). Concerning first aid practices for choking, Zedain et al showed that more than half of the mothers performed correct actions, such as giving mouth breathing to the child anterior fontanel, hanging a choking child upside down by the feet, or smelling the affected child perfume ( 32 ). With respect to mothers’ the practice of first aid in Qassim, KSA, 43.2% of mothers showed appropriate practice in dealing with choking ( 38 ).…”

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“…Other authors on other continents have also shown similar results, such as Johani in Saudi Arabia, who showed that the best-educated parents and those with experience with domestic accidents involving their children had better knowledge of first-aid procedures [28]. Wani et al, also in Saudi Arabia, found the same link between the level of education and the knowledge score [30] as Zedain et al in Egypt [10].…”

“…In Africa, studies conducted in Egypt showed that mothers' knowledge of first-aid practices regarding domestic accidents is also low. The study conducted by Gouda et al [9] revealed that 90.5% of mothers had unsatisfactory knowledge about home injuries in Egypt, and another study in Egypt showed that two-fifths of the mothers participating had fair knowledge regarding first-aid [10]. Regarding the factors associated with mothers' knowledge, African studies revealed that (i) the mother's age and the mother's education level were statistically significant independent positive predictors of higher knowledge scores [9] in Egypt, (ii) age, education, and occupation were statistically significant independent positive predictors of knowledge scores in Egypt [10], and (iii) that age, area of residence, and the level of education of the participants played a variable role regarding first-aid awareness, attitude, and knowledge in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo [11] (but this knowledge covered first-aid in general and was not focused on domestic accident in children).…”

“…Therefore, a few studies have been conducted in Africa, and these studies were carried out in Egypt [10,16,17] (where interventions were implemented and the effects on mothers' knowledge were evaluated) and Ghana [18]. Apart from these few studies, no other research has been carried out on this topic.…”