Quality of Life for Primary School Age Children Suffering From Rheumatic Heart Diseases
Amal Esmeil Alaam;
Abstract
Rheumatic heart diseases are the result of an autoimmune response to pharyngitis. The long-term damage to cardiac valves caused by ARF, which can result from a single severe episode or from multiple recurrent episodes of the illness, is known as RHD and is a notable cause of morbidity and mortality in resource-poor settings around the world (Carapetis, et al, 2016).
The aim of the current study was to assess the quality of life for primary school aged children suffering from rheumatic heart diseases through assessing the physical functions, psychological functions and social functions that affected by the disease.
Research questions:
1. What are the effect of rheumatic heart diseases on physical domains for primary school child with this diseases?
2. What are the effect of rheumatic heart diseases on psychological domains for primary school child with this diseases?
3. What are the effect of rheumatic heart diseases on social functions for primary school child with this diseases?
4. What are the factors that affect the QOL for school age children suffering from rheumatic heart diseases?
Research design: a descriptive analytical research design was used in order to meet the aim of the study.
Setting: the study was conducted at the cardiac outpatient clinic in health insurance at Nasr city, the rational for selecting the setting having the highest admission rate among the insurance place for selected aged children from hospital records.
Sample: -A purposive sample includes 50% from 300 of total number of school age children suffering from rheumatic heart diseases who are attending the cardiac outpatient clinic for receiving the prophylactic medication in 2011, 2012 and 2013 from hospital records. The actual study sample was 150 school aged children, inclusive criteria from 6 to 12 years diagnostic with rheumatic heart diseases without any other physical and/or mental comorbidity.
Tools for data collection:
It was written in simple Arabic language and consisted of four parts:
Part (1): Socio-demographic characteristics of primary
The aim of the current study was to assess the quality of life for primary school aged children suffering from rheumatic heart diseases through assessing the physical functions, psychological functions and social functions that affected by the disease.
Research questions:
1. What are the effect of rheumatic heart diseases on physical domains for primary school child with this diseases?
2. What are the effect of rheumatic heart diseases on psychological domains for primary school child with this diseases?
3. What are the effect of rheumatic heart diseases on social functions for primary school child with this diseases?
4. What are the factors that affect the QOL for school age children suffering from rheumatic heart diseases?
Research design: a descriptive analytical research design was used in order to meet the aim of the study.
Setting: the study was conducted at the cardiac outpatient clinic in health insurance at Nasr city, the rational for selecting the setting having the highest admission rate among the insurance place for selected aged children from hospital records.
Sample: -A purposive sample includes 50% from 300 of total number of school age children suffering from rheumatic heart diseases who are attending the cardiac outpatient clinic for receiving the prophylactic medication in 2011, 2012 and 2013 from hospital records. The actual study sample was 150 school aged children, inclusive criteria from 6 to 12 years diagnostic with rheumatic heart diseases without any other physical and/or mental comorbidity.
Tools for data collection:
It was written in simple Arabic language and consisted of four parts:
Part (1): Socio-demographic characteristics of primary
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| Title | Quality of Life for Primary School Age Children Suffering From Rheumatic Heart Diseases | Other Titles | جودة الحياة للأطفال في السن المدرسي الابتدائي الذين يعانون من أمراض القلب الروماتزمية | Authors | Amal Esmeil Alaam | Issue Date | 2017 |
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