Girls’ Adjustment with Blindness | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 59, Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 808-819 PDF (272.37 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.234462 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Omnia Ragab Mohamed; Seham Guirguis Ragheb; Wafaa Khalil Ibrahim | ||
| Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background:Childhood blindness refers to a group of diseases and conditions occurring in childhood or early adolescence. Blindness is a significant public health problem that affects the health, economic well-being, and productivity of individuals, families, and society as a whole. Aims: the aim of this study was to assess girls' adjustment with blindness. Design: A descriptive design was used to this study. Setting: the study was conducted at two schools for blind girls in Cairo and Mansoura cities, Egypt. Sample: purposive sample (47 in Cairo school and 66 in Mansoura School) were included in the study for a total sample of 113 girls. Tools: The data were collected using a structured interviewing questionnaire form. The tool consisted of 8 parts: socio-demographic data for girls, the details of girl’s blindness history, medical history of girls’, menstrual history, assess girl's knowledge of blindness, girl’s health problems, assessment of girl’s practices towards daily living activities& assessment of girl’s adjustment towards blindness. Results: the mean age of the studied girl’s was 14.5±1.8, 46% of the studied girls were blind since birth, that 87.6% of studied girls’ had unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding blindness, 64.6% of the studied girls had high total adjustment. Conclusion: There was no statistically significant relation between socio-demographic characteristics and level of girls with blindness knowledge. There was statistically significant relation between total adjustment and Daily living activities independence level. There was no statistically significant relation between activities of daily living and level of girls with blindness knowledge. Recommendations: Early detection strategies of cases to avoid vision loss specially that most of causes can be treated, Encourage girls with blindness to participate in social life. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Blindness; Adjustment | ||
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