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

NCT05984836 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IRB00013620(9/19/2025)
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 400
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Home Injury

Keywords

Home injuries; Early childhood; Rural mothers; First aid

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Mothers' knowledge related First Aid Record

  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).

  one session will take about 30 minutes

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Tool II: Mothers' Attitude related First Aid Record

  30 minutes

Study Arms (2)

health education class

EXPERIMENTAL

Those mothers receive Early Childhood Home-Related Injuries education regarding First Aid in Matrouh

Behavioral: Implement health education

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Those mothers not receive Early Childhood Home-Related Injuries education regarding First Aid in Matrouh

Interventions

Implement health education BEHAVIORAL

Implement health education class for the rural mothers in the for of one session will take about 30 minutes and it will include the following: First aid (fracture, burn, bleeding, injuries and food poising). Critique malpractice for injuries management behavior at home. About 10 mothers will be included in the session. Each session will take 30 minutes (in the family health center), to cover all theoretical contents. The researcher will use different teaching methods as demonstration and discussion, learning aids as handout, video and pictures.

health education class

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 40 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Mothers of children under five years
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Matrouh University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Matrouh university

Marsá Maţrūḩ, Egypt

Location

Related Publications (9)

• Al-Bshri SA, Jahan S. Prevalence of home related injuries among children under 5 years old and practice of mothers toward first aid in Buraidah, Qassim. J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Mar;10(3):1234-1240. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2265_20. Epub 2021 Apr 8.

  PMID: 34041157 BACKGROUND

• Anwar M, Mostafa Z, Elareed H. Maternal Knowledge and Attitude about Home-related Injuries in Children under the Age of Five Years. Egyptian Family Medicine Journal (EFMJ) 2021; 5(2). 1-105. http://efmj.journals.ekb.eg/

  BACKGROUND

• Bagahirwa I, Mukeshimana M, Cherian T, Nkurunziza T, El-Khatib Z, Byiringiro JC, Ng'ang'a L, Rusingiza E, Riviello R, Ndayisaba GF, Hedt-Gauthier BL. Presentation of Pediatric Unintentional Injuries at Rural Hospitals in Rwanda: A Retrospective Study. Ann Glob Health. 2020 Sep 14;86(1):116. doi: 10.5334/aogh.2711.

  PMID: 32983912 BACKGROUND

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and control. Injuries Among Children and Teens.2021. https://www.cdc.gov/injury/features/child-injury/index.html#Child-Injury-Deaths-Data

  BACKGROUND

• Eldosoky RS. Home-related injuries among children: knowledge, attitudes and practice about first aid among rural mothers. East Mediterr Health J. 2012 Oct;18(10):1021-7. doi: 10.26719/2012.18.10.1021.

  PMID: 23301356 BACKGROUND

• Mohammed H, Wassif, Hakim S, Moustafa M. Frequency of Unintentional Home Injuries in Children under Five Years and its Relation with Environmental Risk Factors, Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine, 2019; 37 (3). 93-102.

  BACKGROUND

• Megahed M., Khalil N., Ibrahemc R., El Disoki R. Knowledge, attitude and practice of rural mothers towards home injuries among children under 5 years of age in Menoufia District- Menoufia Governorate, Egypt. Menoufia Medical Journal, 2016; 29 (4):1033-1039. DOI: 10.4103/1110-2098.202506

  BACKGROUND

• Olutayo OG. Mother's Education, Age and Knowledge about Home Accident Prevention among Preschool Children in Ilesa Metropolitan City: A Relational Approach. Journal of Education and Practice, 2013; 4(11). 221-28

  BACKGROUND

• Stephenson J. Caring for the injured child in settings of limited resource. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2016 Feb;25(1):19-22. doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2015.09.005. Epub 2015 Sep 16.

  PMID: 26831134 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Seham Saleh, Lecturer

  Matrouh University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer of pediatric nursing, faculty of nursing

Model Details: Find out the impact of Early Childhood Home-Related Injuries education on the Mothers' Knowledge and Attitudes regarding First Aid in Matrouh.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 12, 2023
• First Posted: August 9, 2023
• Study Start: June 25, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 30, 2023
• Study Completion: December 30, 2023
• Last Updated: May 7, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (1)