Early Childhood, Home Injuries, Mothers ' Knowledge, Mothers' Attitude

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Home Injury
• Interventions: Behavioral: Implement health education

• Registration Number: NCT05984836
• Lead Sponsor: Matrouh University

Brief Summary

Home-Related Injuries among Early Childhood: Rural Mothers' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice regarding First Aid in Matrouh Governorate, Egypt

Keywords: Home injuries, Early childhood, Rural mothers, First aid, Matrouh Governorate.

Detailed Description

Implement health education class to rural mothers about first aid measures to be taken for their injured children"

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-05-25
• Study First Submitted: 2023-07-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-08-02
• Study First Posted: 2023-08-09
• Primary Completion: 2023-12-30
• Study Completion: 2023-12-30
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-28
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

• The Mothers have normal preschool children less than 6 years regardless the child gender.
• Educated (minimum accepted level of education is completion of primary education)
• Interested & willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
health education class	Implement health education	Those mothers receive Early Childhood Home-Related Injuries education regarding First Aid in Matrouh

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mothers' knowledge related First Aid Record	one session will take about 30 minutes	This tool will be developed by the researcher after reviewing relevant literature to collect the required data from the mothers regarding first aid at home.; It was developed by Bayomi and Mobarak (2013), translated to the Arabic language to assess mothers' knowledge about home accidents in children. It consisted of 6 questions. Each question was given a score of zero or one. Correct answer questions had a score of one and incorrect answers had a score of zero. Total score was classified as poor knowledge (\<50%), moderate knowledge (50%-75%), and good knowledge (\>75%).; * Part (3): 25-item questions to assess the practice and attitude of mothers towards home-related injuries. Eight negative and 17 positive items were developed (Likert scale rate).; * Part 4: Mother's Subjective Practices regarding to first aid at home scale. This part will be developed by the researcher based on related literature (Network, 2009), (Fatouh et al., 2020), (KUMAR, SIDHU, \& ZABI, 2020).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Tool II: Mothers' Attitude related First Aid Record	30 minutes	This scale developed by Yalaki et al., )2010 (is a questionnaire aiming to identify attitudes of families towards home accidents. This tool was developed by (, translated to the Arabic language to measures mothers' attitude toward first aid. It consists of 25 questions to assess mothers' attitudes and practice toward first aid. Eight negative and 17 positive items were developed (Likert scale ratio). Responses: "always -frequently" and "sometimes-rarely-never" were measured together.; Positive answers question were scored as one point, while negative answers were scored as a zero point. The total score was categorized as negative attitude \[zero to 12 (\< 50%)\], neutral attitude \[13-18 (50% -75%)\], and positive attitude \[19-25 (\> 75%)\].

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Matrouh university; 🇪🇬 Mersa Matruh, Egypt