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Impact Of Congenital Heart Disease Upon Children Physical Growth Pattern In Cardiac Center –Erbil/ Kurdistan | ||
| kufa Journal for Nursing sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-183 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Kareema Ahmed ussein; Nazar Ramadhan Othman | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objective :The study aimed to assess the impact of congenital heart disease upon children's physocal growth pattern with some variables in Surgical Specialty Hospital/ Cardiac Center in Erbil/Kurdistan Region/Iraq. Methods: A descriptive correlation study was conducted in Surgical Specialty Hospital/ Cardiac Center in Erbil/Kurdistan Region/Iraq from first of March 2010 to the end of September 2011. A purposive sample of (200) children with congenital heart disease were selected. The tool is consisting of three parts questionnaire format Socio-demographical characteristic , medical data of children, and tool and physical growth measurement questions. The validity of the study questionnaire was determined initially through a panel of (21) experts. Determination. Data were collected by the mothers' interview and the data were analyzed through using by Excel and SPSS version17 programmed. Results: The present study indicated that the most of children (51.5%) were male, (59%) were coming from urban areas, (39%) were living in Hawler Governorate , (51.5%) were from low socioeconomic status, and (51.5%) was diagnosis before three years. The findings of the study indicate that the Congenital Heart Disease had been affect growth pattern and there is a statistically significant association between socio-demographic characteristics (age, gender, residential area, and severity of disease) and their growth pattern . Conclusion: The study indicated that there is a high significant association between the children socio demographic data and growth pattern . Recommendation. 1-Mass media, TV and radio, lectures in different community associations or in health centers regarding risk factor, prevention of CHD. 2-Nurses should have special training to give effective care to the children.3-Further studies are necessary to be conducted with large sample size to improve the intervention the disease . | ||
| Keywords | ||
| impact; Children; Congenital Heart Disease and physical growth measurement | ||
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