Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Reported Practices of the Mothers Having Children Suffering from Nocturnal Enuresis

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Community Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt

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Nocturnal enuresis is common childhood disorder that generates countless burdens to children and their families. It has a negative influence on all aspects of life for children and their families as it is associated with significant social disruption and psychological stress. The aim of this study is to: assess of knowledge, attitude and reported practices of the mothers having children suffering from nocturnal enuresis. Design: Descriptive research design was applied in this study. Setting: This study was conducted at outpatient clinics affiliated to the Health Insurance at Beni-Suef governorate in school health unit of health insurance. Sample: A purposive sample of 259 mothers has children diagnosed with nocturnal enuresis. Tools: One tool, structured interviewing questionnaire, contained four parts, demographic characteristics of mothers and their children, past and present medical history of children, mothers’ knowledge regarding nocturnal enuresis, mothers’ attitude regarding nocturnal enuresis and mothers’ reported practices regarding nocturnal enuresis. Results: The study showed that, 69.6 % of studied mothers had poor level of total knowledge about nocturnal enuresis, 58.3 % of them had negative attitude regarding nocturnal enuresis and 60.6 % of them had unsatisfactory level of total reported practices regarding nocturnal enuresis. Conclusion: There was high significant statistical positive correlation between total mothers’ knowledge score, total attitude score and total reported practices score regarding nocturnal enuresis Recommendation: Implementation of health education program for mothers about nocturnal enuresis is essential to update their knowledge and skills about advanced treatment strategies.

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Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice
Volume 4, Issue 11
September 2025
Pages 14-27

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