Compliance of Rural Mothers with Preventive Behaviors of Respiratory Tract Infection to Their Children

Mohammed Ebeed, Samar El-desokey; Ahmed El-Zeftawy, Amal Mohammed; Abd-Elaty Hassan, Lulah Abd ELWahaab; El-Sehry, Nahed Karam Mohmoud

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2023.315135

Compliance of Rural Mothers with Preventive Behaviors of Respiratory Tract Infection to Their Children

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Nursing Specialist, Tanta Fever Hospital, Egypt.

² Professor of Community Health Nursing. Faculty of Nursing. Tanta University. Egypt.

³ Lecture of Community Health Nursing. Faculty of Nursing. Tanta University. Egypt.

10.21608/tsnj.2023.315135

Abstract

Background: Respiratory tract infections are one of the most common causes of under-five
morbidity and mortality. So, it is necessary for mothers to comply with preventive behaviors of
respiratory tract infections. The aim of the study: was to assess the compliance of rural mothers
with preventive behaviors of respiratory tract infection to their children. Subjects and methods: A
descriptive research design was used in the study , and it was conducted in rural health unit at Nawag
rural village – Tanta center - El Gharbia Governorate. Subjects: A convenience sample of 300 of
rural mothers who are attending to the previous setting were included in the study. Tool of the
study: One tool (a structured interview schedule) was used to obtain the necessary data for the
study. It consisted of three parts as following: part (1): Socioeconomic status of rural mothers and
health history of their under-five children. Part (2): Knowledge of rural mothers about respiratory
tract infections (RTIs). Part (3): Assessment of compliance degree of rural mothers regarding
preventive behaviors of respiratory tract infections (RTIs). Results: There was statistically
significance positive correlation between total knowledge score, total compliance score of the
studied rural mothers and family socio-economic status as (p=<0.001). Conclusion and
recommendations: more than one-third of rural mothers had low level of knowledge, about onethird of them had moderate level of knowledge, and only one-quarter of them had high level of
knowledge about RTIs. Furthermore, more than one-third of the studied rural mothers had moderate
and higher compliance to preventive behaviors of RTIs while, only (17.3%) of them were having
lower compliance with preventive behaviors of RTIs. So, we recommended continuous education
and orientation programs for parents especially rural mothers of under-five children with RTIs to
increase their knowledge and compliance with preventive behaviors regarding respiratory tract
infections.