Background; sickle cell means an abnormal crescent shaped red blood cell. The present study aimed to evaluate an educational program for the mothers and their children including the knowledge and practices needed in dealing with the... more
Background; sickle cell means an abnormal crescent shaped red blood cell. The present study aimed to evaluate an educational program for the mothers and their children including the knowledge and practices needed in dealing with the sickle cell disease and assessment of pain severity before and after the educational program. This study followed a quasi- experimental design. The sample was consist of 50 children suffering from sickle cell disease and their mothers who were attending at Pediatric Hematology and Oncology unit of Tanta University Hospital and Inpatient Pediatric Department of Elhoboor Hospital in Khafer Al-Sheik. Three tools were used for data collection: a structured interview sheet , pain assessment tool, and mothers and their children knowledge Questionnaire. The result revealed that 60% of children with sickle cell disease had a mean age of 12.1±4.02 years. Before program application the total scores of knowledge for mothers are fair and poor with percentage 14% and...
