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Vol.9 No.4-8: Mothers’ Perception toward their Children who Suffering from Cerebral Palsy at the Pediatric Outpatient in Minia University Hospital

By: Hager Gad Al-Kareem Hussein (1); Dr. Sahar Mahmoud Sayed Ahmad El Awady (2), Dr. Aliaa Othman El Afandy (3)

1 Supervisor of the neurological care unit at Sadr El-Minya Hospital,

2 Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing – Faculty of Nursing – Helwan University,

3 Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing – Helwan University

Abstract:

Background: Cerebral Palsy (CP (is weakness or problems with using muscles and is caused by abnormal brain development or damage in the brain that affects a child’s ability to control muscles. Aim: This study aimed to assess mothers’ perceptions toward children who suffer from CP. Research design: A descriptive design was used. Sample: Convenient sample included 200 mothers who have children with CP. Setting: Pediatric outpatient clinic in Minia University Hospital. Tool of data collection: One tool an interview questionnaire that includes 5 parts, 1st part is demographic characteristics, 2nd part is the past medical history of mothers and children, 3rd part the mothers’ knowledge, 4th part: mothers’ reported practice, 5th part: Mothers’ attitude scale. Results: 50% of studied mothers had poor knowledge. 30% had average knowledge and 20% had good knowledge about CP. 88% had unsatisfactory reported practice and 12% had satisfactory reported practice. 67 % had a negative attitude, and 33 % had a positive attitude. Conclusion: Most mothers had poor total knowledge about CP, most had unsatisfactory total reported practices, and more than two-thirds had negative attitudes about CP. There is a statistically significant relation between mothers’ sociodemographic data, knowledge, reported practices, and attitudes. Recommendations: Provide an education program for mothers and design booklets about CP.

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Vol.2 No.08 -5 : Specific learning disorders in epileptic children.

By : Shewikar T. El-Bakry, Shaza M. Eltaher*, Abo Zaid A. Khodair, Khaled S. Meselhey

Abstract

Specific learning disorders are more common in epileptic children even with normal IQ, The Epilepsy related factors such as (duration of illness , type and severity of epilepsy and medications used ) are strongly related to increase risk of learning disorders. The present study is aimed to shed the light on the specific learning disorders in epileptic children and to study the relation between learning disorders and the epilepsy related factors such as duration , medications , type and severity of epilepsy. Also to study the relation between the learning disorders and the intelligence quotient.
The study was conducted on 60 children between the age group of 9and 12 years old.All were subjected to a Semi structured interview, Learning & Developmental Disorders Rating Scales ( LDDRS ) Battery (El-Zyat , 2007), Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales (SB5), Fifth Edition translated by (Farag,2010).
The results showed that Seizures was not the only problem that children with epilepsy are suffering from but also they are at greater risk for developing learning Disabilities. From the developmental disorders attention disorder was the most common detected followed by memory then auditory processing disorder followed by visual processing disorder then motor skills disorders. While regarding the academic learning disorders reading disorder was the most prevalent followed by the writing and mathematics being the least detected among the studied group. It is concluded that the most leading causes for learning disability in epileptic children ,as verified in the studied


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