Mohamed, H., Hassan, E., Mahmoud, N. (2024). Effect of a Mobile Application Health Program on Knowledge, Self-care, and Self-efficacy of Children Undergoing Hemodialysis. Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 12(44), 141-156. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2024.292328.1823
Hanem Abdullah Mohamed; Eman Abd El-Fatah Hassan; Naglaa Fathi Mahmoud. "Effect of a Mobile Application Health Program on Knowledge, Self-care, and Self-efficacy of Children Undergoing Hemodialysis". Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 12, 44, 2024, 141-156. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2024.292328.1823
Mohamed, H., Hassan, E., Mahmoud, N. (2024). 'Effect of a Mobile Application Health Program on Knowledge, Self-care, and Self-efficacy of Children Undergoing Hemodialysis', Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 12(44), pp. 141-156. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2024.292328.1823
Mohamed, H., Hassan, E., Mahmoud, N. Effect of a Mobile Application Health Program on Knowledge, Self-care, and Self-efficacy of Children Undergoing Hemodialysis. Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 2024; 12(44): 141-156. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2024.292328.1823
Effect of a Mobile Application Health Program on Knowledge, Self-care, and Self-efficacy of Children Undergoing Hemodialysis
1Assistant Professor of pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Egypt.
2Assistant Professor of pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Assistant Professor of pediatric Nursing. Faculty of Nursing, Six October University Egypt.
3Professor of pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Egypt, Professor of child Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Badr University in Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
Background: Due to physical restrictions and dependence on others, children undergoing hemodialysis experience a decrease in their self-efficacy and self-care. Aim: assess the impact of a mobile health application program on the knowledge, self-care, and self-efficacy of children undergoing hemodialysis. Design: a pre-posttest quasiexperimental one-group study. Sample: Thirty children receiving HD included in the study as a purposive sample. The study was carried out at El-Monira Children Hospital's Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation Center. Tools: The first tool is a questionnaire for bio-social data; the second is a children's knowledge questionnaire; the third is a self-care assessment questionnaire; and the fourth is a self-efficacy assessment scale. Results: The knowledge totals mean score of the children under study before, immediately after, and one month after to participating in the mobile application health program showed a very statistically significant difference. The children's overall mean scores before, immediately after, and one month after the intervention on their self-care performance were highly statistically significant (P <0.001). Additionally, the results demonstrated improvement with highly significant statistical difference (P <0.001) in the mean total score of self-efficacy and one month after the intervention compared to before and after program implementation, Conclusions: Educational mobile application health program had positive improvements on children’ knowledge, self-care and self-efficacy over time. Recommendation: Develop mobile apps self-care training courses to increase the levels of knowledge and awareness among children undergoing hemodialysis and improve their self- efficacy.