Benha University

Reda Mohamed Abdelkader

Asst. Professor

Faculty of Nursing Pediatric Nursing

Effect of Mobile-Based Education versus Booklet-Based Education on Mothers' Knowledge and Practice towards their Children with Bronchial Asthm

Egyptian Journal of Health Care • 2020
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Publication Information
Authors Hala Samir Ahmed El-husseiny(1), Fatma El Zahra Kamal(2), Dr. Fatma El emam Hafez El emam(3) , Faten Said Abdelhady Garf (4), Reda Mohammed Abd-Allah(5)
Keywords Bronchial asthma, Children, Booklet, Mobile-based education, Mothers' knowledge, and practice
Journal Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Publisher Reda Mohammed Abd-Allah
Volume 11
Issue 1
Pages 491-505
publication.type Local
Paper Link Not Available
Supplementary Materials Reda Mohamed Abdelkader_paper 1.pdf
Abstract
Bronchial asthma is a major public health issue that affects children all over the world, with varying levels of prevalence and severity. Aim: To compare the effect of mobile-based education versus booklet-based education on mothers' knowledge and practice towards their children with bronchial asthma. Design: A quasi-experimental research design was used to achieve aim of the study. Setting: The study was conducted in Pediatric Chest Outpatient Clinic at Sohag University Hospital. Subjects: A purposive sample of 230 mothers of asthmatic children was included (115 in the experimental group were taught using mobile Whats app application and 115 in the control group were taught using a booklet). Four tools were used: Tool I A structured interviewing questionnaire including two parts. Part (1): Demographic data of the mothers and part (2): Demographic data of the asthmatic children, Tool II Asthma Trigger Inventory, Tool III Asthma Knowledge Questionnaire, and Tool IV Asthma Self-Management Questionnaire. Results: The knowledge and practice of both mobile-based and booklet-based groups regarding bronchial asthma were low pre-program implementation. The mobile-based education groups showed an improvement in their total level scores of knowledge and practice one month after mobile-based education versus booklet-based education implementation compared to booklet-based education groups, with highly significant differences (p
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