Prevention of Home Accident among Children with Retinoblastoma

Abstract

Accidents are common among children with retinoblastoma, although these accidents were not adequately managed by community. Aim: evaluate the effect of health education for parent to prevent home accident among children with retinoblastoma.Design: A quasi experimental design. Setting: at cancer children hospital 57357.and parent home.Sampling: A purposefulsamples of 100 parents according to specific criteria Tools: three tools were used for data collection. First tool: was an interviewing Questionnaire, (a) Socio – demographic characteristics (b) child health need and problem (c) parent knowledge about retinoblastoma (d) parent knowledge and practice according to prevention of home accident. Second tool: Home environment observation check list for assessing the children home safety. Third tool: medical record analysis regarding diagnosis. Results: most parent had satisfactory 'knowledge about prevention of home accident among their children with retinoblastoma, most parent had correct practices related prevention of home accident among their children with retinoblastoma,There is improvement of safe home environmental measure post education program around three quarture were safe home. Conclusion: The developed educational intervention led to significant improvements in parents' knowledge, practices, health need and safe of home environment children post educational intervention. The study concluded that the around two third of them were achieved health needs in post education program. most parents had unsatisfactory knowledge about retinoblastoma. This improved to satisfactory knowledge for majority of parents respectively post program implementation. More than three quarters of them their knowledge became satisfactory post program. The educational program produced improvement in parents' knowledge related to first aid,there were noticed improvement of parents’ total knowledge and practices through program Recommendations:Implement health education regarding prevention of home accident among child with retinoblastoma, instruction of prevention of home accident, First aid training should be provided to parents as an essential need.