@article{ajnr2018637,
author={{Hassan, Atyat Mohammed and Mohamed, Nahed Thabet and Mohammed, Fayza Mohammed and Gad, Eman Fathalla},
title={Impact of an Educational Program for Mothers about Preventing Oral Medications Misuse for Children Under Five Years},
journal={American Journal of Nursing Research},
volume={6},
number={3},
pages={125--136},
year={2018},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajnr/6/3/7},
issn={2378-5586},
abstract={Oral drug misuses are occurring at an alarming rate; these misuses are both avoidable and expensive to the healthcare system. <b>Study aim</b>: The aim was to evaluate the impact of an educational program for mothers about preventing oral medications misuse for children under five years. <b>Design</b>: Quiz-experimental research design was used. Setting: The study was implemented at out-patient clinics in Assiut University Children Hospital. <b>Subjects</b>: A convenience sample of 50 mothers who had children under five years with acute common illnesses. <b>Tool</b><b>s</b>: The study used two tools: <b>Tool I </b>included two parts; part one;<b> </b>the socioeconomic scale and part two; mothers' age and main sources of information. <b>Tool II</b> was the structured interview questionnaire about mothers' knowledge regarding their practices during oral medications administration. <b>Results</b>: The majority of the mothers<b> </b>(88%) had a poor score of knowledge about practice before the program while 94% of them had a good score after the program. Also, the majority of them (96%, 88%, and 78%) compared to 82%, 8%, and 14% respectively in the pre and posttest gave antipyretics, cough &amp; cold and antibiotics medications without a prescription. <b>Conclusion</b>: The educational program improved the mothers' knowledge about practice regarding oral medications administration for their young children and decreased oral drug misuse with a statistically significant difference between pre and posttest as regard their total score. <b>Recommendations</b>: Pediatric hospitals should offer the mothers with handouts, brochures, pamphlets, posters or videotapes about oral medication administration.},
doi={10.12691/ajnr-6-3-7}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}