Assessment of Mothers and their Children’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Precautionary Measures to prevent Warts' Recurrence

Saleh, Samah Raafat Mohamed; Abdelgawad, Sahar Mahmoud El-khedr; El-Far, Nashwa Naeem; El-Sayed, Nahla Abd El-Naby

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2024.380207

Assessment of Mothers and their Children’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Precautionary Measures to prevent Warts' Recurrence

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ 1Master student of Pediatric Nursing , Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University Egypt. 2Teacher at Technical Secondary School of Nursing, Kafr El-shiekh, Egyp

² Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing/ Tanta University, Egypt.

³ Professor of dermatology & Venereology department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University

⁴ Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt

10.21608/tsnj.2024.380207

Abstract

Background: Warts are one of the most chronic and frustrating skin and mucosal conditions
encountered in dermatology clinics especially among children. Pediatric nurses play a key role in
assessment, engaging and empowering mothers and children about warts. Aim: The current study
aimed to assess mothers and their children’ knowledge and practice regarding precautionary
measures to prevent warts recurrence. Design: descriptive research design was used. Setting:
Outpatient clinic at Dermatology Department of Tanta University Hospital. Subjects: All mothers
accompanied with their children (100) during the last six months were included. Two tools were
used to collect the required data. Tool I: Mothers and Children’ Knowledge Regarding Warts, Tool
II: Mothers and Children’s Reported Practice Regarding Warts Precautionary Measures. Results:
All of children (100%) had low level of total knowledge about warts, nearly two thirds of mothers
and more than two thirds of children had unsatisfactory practice regarding warts precautionary
measures. Conclusion: The majority of studied mothers and all of studied children had low level of
knowledge regarding warts. Highly positive significant correlations between mothers and children
total knowledge and their total preventive practices of warts. Recommendations: Develop an
awareness program for mothers and children about warts precautionary measures and use
interactive and engaging teaching methods to educate children about warts.