Title:
NURSING KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER IN CHILDREN IN AL- BASRAH HOSPITALS

Authors:
Dina H. Sadiq and Luay Abdulwahid Shihab

Abstract:
The present distract study was conducted at the College of Nursing of Basrah University from December 2021 till April 2022 aims to measure the extent to which the Nursing staff as parents in General and as specialists in particular knows about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Basrah hospitals. Data were collected through a questionnaire of 71 samples that included two axes, the first axis of demographic information for nurses. And the second axis is scientific knowledge through a group of questions amounting to 20 questions. The results of the descriptive demographic statistics of nurses related to sex showed the majority (78.9%) of participants (nurses) related to sex group were( female), regarding to the education level the majority (30 %) of samples were college, related to Service years the majority (53.5%) of Less than 5 years, related to work location the results indicate the majority of participants (50.7%) were in Private Child hospital, related to Social status the majority (53.5%) of samples has Married .And The results also showed that their knowledge of a large total average of the result. The current study describing nurses’ knowledge of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder summarizes that the majority of nurses have good information about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and ways to deal with a child suffering from hyperactivity of some kind. As recommended by the study Establishment of treatment centers for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children. and more knowledge must be shown on this subject through educational courses and awareness publications in order to raise the scientific and professional competence of the nurses.

Keywords:
Nursing Knowledge, Regarding Attention, Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Children

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2024.7104

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