The Knowledge of Autistic Children's Mothers Regarding Autism in Basra City

Abdulkareem Salman Khudhair^1, and Saja Kareem Jassim¹

¹Department of fundamentals of Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Basra, Basra, Iraq

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Abdulkareem Salman Khudhair and Saja Kareem Jassim. The Knowledge of Autistic Children's Mothers Regarding Autism in Basra City. American Journal of Nursing Research. 2018; 6(5):296-298. doi: 10.12691/ajnr-6-5-11

Abstract

To evaluate the knowledge quantitively of mothers with autistic children regarding autism. Identify relationship between mother's knowledge with their age, level of education and Job. A cross sectional study carried out at the Emam Hussein Training Institute and Donia Al-Amal center in Al-Basra city from November- 9^th – 2016 through February -1^st-2017. Random sample of 50 mothers was collected, who was having children with autism. The data collected by obtaining formal approval from the directors of the two centers. Who in turn to distribute questionnaires to mothers of autistic children through personal interview between the director of the centers and mothers of children and has answered all the questions in front of them, because the law of the centers doesn't allow other peoples to know anything about the family of the affected children due to social reasons. The relationship between mothers knowledge and education is significant (at <0.05) and all other variables are not significant relations with mother's knowledge. Mothers in two centers have sufficient knowledge about autism in children, Level of education play important role in improvement mother's information. Frequent sessions should be organized for mothers about autism, and its management to improve their information, and to dealing with their children in appropriate way. Frequent research studies are recommended to evaluate the improvement of mothers information take into account the importance of level of education for mothers.

Keywords:
autistic children's mothers regarding autism

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