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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic, known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified from an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of China and later worldwide (Ruan, 2019).
Aim of the study:
This study aimed to assess mother’s perception regarding preventive measures of COVID-19 through.
• Assessing knowledge of mothers regarding preventive measures of COVID-19.
• Assessing reported practices of mothers regarding preventive measures of COVID-19.
• Assessing attitude of mothers regarding preventive measures of COVID-19.
Research questions:
This aims can be achieved through answering the following questions:
1. Is there a relation between mothers attitude and their reported practices to prevent the infection?
2. Is there a relation between mothers attitude and their sociodemographic data regarding preventive measures of COVID-19?
3. Is there a relation between knowledge of mothers and their sociodemographic data regarding preventive measures of COVID-19?
4. Is there a relation between knowledge of mothers and their reported practices to prevent the infection?
Research design
A descriptive design was utilized to achieve the aim of this study.
Research Setting:
The study was conducted at Elamiria Medical Center in Elzaton Zone affiliated to Ministry of Health.
Subjects:
A Purposive sample of (264) mothers from total population 15600 mothers at 2020-2021 at the above mentioned setting was involved in this study.
Data collection tools:
Two tools was used:
The first tool: structural interviewing questionnaire It was developed by the researcher simple Arabic language based on the extensive review of relevant and recent literatures. It was included the following:
Part (I): mothers Socio demographic characteristics as {age, residence, mother’s education ,Family type ,number of family rooms, number of family members, mother’s job, monthly income family members suffer from a chronic health problem, mothers had respiratory disease}it included questions from (1-10).
Part (II) Mother’s knowledge about the emerging COVID 19:
A- Mothers knowledge about COVID-19 as {definition, signs and symptoms, mode of transmission, diagnosis, complications, treatment, vaccination, incubation period and source of knowledge about COVID-19} it included 18questions from (11-28).
B- Mother’s knowledge about preventive measures of the emerging COVID 19 as {type of antiseptic used in cleaning, The correct way to cough or sneeze in the absence of tissue paper is, the correct way to clean hands. maintaining social distancing when dealing with others, Places where the infection with the COVID-19 increase, material can be used to clean fruits and vegetables} it included 14questions from (29-42}
Part (III.): mother’s reported practices that help prevent COVID 19 it was adapted from (World Health Organization (WHO), 2020 & Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2020.
A- Mother’s reported practices to prevent COVID 19 as {use face mask, remove all clothing before start touching things inside the house, Disinfect used shoes, ventilate the home, wash hands well, maintain the etiquette} it included 13questions from (1-13).
B- Mother’s reported Practices about home cleaning and disinfections as{ use disinfectants, use vinegar to disinfect food utensils, everyone has his own personal tools inside the house Prevent entering foreign animals inside the house, Cleaning the children’s toys and sanitize it, isolate ill person} it included13 questions from (1-13).
C- Mother’s reported practices to strengthen the immune system as {eating more fruits and vegetables, avoid fast food, avoid antibiotics without consulting a doctor, Maintain personal hygiene, Do exercise regularly, Sleep enough time} it included 9 questions from (1-9).
Tool II. Attitude Rating Scale:
Likert Rating scale adopted and modified from (Batterton & Hale, 2017) to assess mother’s attitude regarding preventive measures of COVID-19 virus infection the scale was converse 18 clear simple statements. It included questions from (1-18).
Results of the present study revealed that:
- Regarding demographic characteristics of the studied mothers the current study result showed that , the age of more than two thirds of the studied mothers less than 30 years old with mean age33.71±7.47, more than three quarters urban ,two thirds had intermediate level of education, nearly to three quarters doesn’t work also more than three quarters had enough monthly income.
- Regarding mothers total knowledge about COVID-19 and preventive measures the present study result illustrated that, more than two thirds of the studied mothers satisfactory knowledge regarding COVID-19 and the preventive measures.
- Regarding total reported practices score level regarding preventive measures of COVID-19 the current study result revealed that, more than two quarters of the studied mothers had healthy practices while near to one third of the studied mothers had unhealthy practices.
Regarding total attitude of the studied mothers toward preventive measures of COVID-19 the current study result revealed that less than three quarters of the studied mothers attitude toward preventive measures of COVID-19 was positive attitude while more than one quarter of their attitude was negative attitude.
- There was a highly statistical significant difference between studied mother’s total attitude and their reported practices regarding preventive measure of COVID-19 (p-value‹0.01).
- There was a statistically significant difference between studied mother’s \total attitude regarding preventive measure of COVID-19 and their age, residence, education, number of rooms and monthly income On the other hand, there was no statistical significant difference between studied mother’s total attitude and their family type, mother’s job.
- There was highly statistical significant difference between studied mother’s total knowledge and total reported practices regarding preventive measure of COVID-19 (p ‹0.01).
Based on the current study finding and research questions the following recommendations were proposed:
Design educational program by family and community health nursing to increase mother’s perception in MCH centers in order to upgrading mothers knowledge, practices and attitude regarding preventive measures of COVID-19.
Disseminate multiple communication approaches, digital, paper, prochures , phone messages, online programs, etc regarding preventive measures of COVID-19.
Further researches:
This study results should be repeated with a larger probability sample size in a different geographic location to confirm the findings.