Mothers' Care for their Infants with Congenital Heart Anomalies | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 9, Volume 7, Issue 4, December 2016, Pages 131-144 PDF (273 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.104684 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hend Abd Elrazik Mohamed Emam; Ebtisam Mohamed Abd Elaal; Dr. Samah Said Sabry | ||
| Community Health Nursing – Faculty of Nursing, Benha University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background mothers' care during infancy period is important to prevent complications especially with congenital heart anomalies infants. The aim of the study to evaluate mothers' care for their infants' with congenital heart anomalies. Research design descriptive research design was used. Setting the study was conducted at Cardiac Out Patient at Abo Erish Hospital at Cairo University Hospitals. The sample convenience sample of 100 infants with congenital heart anomalies and their mothers'. Tools two tools were used to collect the research data An interviewing questionnaire which consisted of four parts Part (I) socio-demographic characteristics of the studied mothers, and Infants'. Part (II) family history and Infants' medical history. Part (III) mothers' knowledge regarding congenital heart anomalies. Part (IV) mothers' practices regarding infant's nutrition, hygiene, protection from infection, immunization. Physical Assessment tool to measure the infant's physical growth. Result 54% of the studied mothers their age ranged between 25-35, the studied mothers had poor knowledge regarding congenital heart anomalies, and only 3% had good knowledge. 71% of the studied mothers general total practices were satisfactory. Conclusion the present study revealed that majority of the studied mothers had poor knowledge regarding congenital heart anomalies, and there was statistically significant relation between mother's knowledge and practices regarding their infants care P<0.001. Recommendations Health education program regarding congenital heart anomalies and importance of mother's care for their infants to prevent further complication according to guide line. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Congenital heart anomalies; Infancy period Nursing role; Mothers' care | ||
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