Volume 25, Issue 117, November 2021

Saudi mothers' awareness and first aid management of unintentional injuries to children in the home 2021

Asmaa Ghmaird¹, Walaa Alabdullah^2♦, Sarah Alquayr³, Maram Alhejaili⁴, Sultan Alshomrani⁵, Nouf Alsofyani⁶

¹Assistant professor and consultant in pediatric, College of Medicine, Tabuk university, Saudi Arabia
²Pediatric resident, King AbdulAziz National Guard hospital, Alhasa, Saudi Arabia
³Fifth year medical student, College of Medicine, Tabuk University, Saudi Arabia
⁴Medical intern, College of Medicine, Hail University, Saudi Arabia
⁵Medical intern, Ibn Sina Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
⁶Nursing intern, College of Applied Medical Science, Taif University, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Pediatric resident, King AbdulAziz Hospital, Alhasa, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: Unintentional injuries in children are regarded as a major public health concern since they are one of the primary causes of pediatric death and morbidity. The majority of these injuries happen at home, and many of them are preventable. Objective: To evaluate the level of mothers knowledge regarding home accidents and safety measures and assess their skills in First Aid. Methodology: A cross sectional questionnaire based study was done to evaluate the knowledge of mother toward first aids and prevention of common home accidents among children under five years, to identify the most common home accident take place, to determine the risk factors and measure the association between factors contributed to home accident. Results: The study included 740 mothers. Finding revealed that most of mothers were in between age (31-40). Otherwise (46.8%) of mothers had more than 3 children. (39.2%) of the mothers had good knowledge regarding measures to prevent home accidents. While (48.5%) of children had a falling accident. (52%) of mothers had a good knowledge of how to prevent injuries at home. (93.8%) of mother has good knowledge. While the mothers regarding prevention of burns. Good knowledge in (63.2%) regarding choking first aid, and (89.6%) regarding poisoning prevention. (91.6%) of mothers are willing to take course about first aid. Conclusion: Overall mother’s knowledge about home injury prevention and first aids is poor. The present study highlights the need of increasing mother’s awareness regarding home accidents through campaigns and social media.

Keywords: Home injury, Children, Saudi Arabia, First aid

Medical Science, 2021, 25(117), 3054-3063

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