The present study found that most of
mothers’ age in the study group were (31-
39) years old which represents 40%, while
in the control group ranged from (40-49)
years old which represents 34%. Regarding
the mothers’ occupation, majority in the
both groups were housewives 96%. In respect
to residential area most of mothers in
the study and control groups were from
urban areas 42%, 36% respectively, Table1.
Table 2 shows that most of children’s
ages were between (3-6) years which represented
40% and 36% in the study and
control groups respectively. Thalassemic
children males made 66%, 56% in the
study and control groups respectively.
In the study group the highest percentage
of absenteeism were 58.3% for ≥ 2 days,
while in the control group were 56.5% for 1
day.doctors were the Sources of information
regarding Desferal Therapy in 40% of
cases including both groups, Table 3.there
were no significant differences between the
control groups in relation to knowledge and
practices at pre and post-test but there they
were a highly significant difference between
the study and control groups with
knowledge and practices relative to post–
test, Table 4. Also there were very highly
significant difference between the study
group with knowledge and practices relative
to pre and post-test while there were
no significant difference between the control
group with knowledge and practices
relative to pre and post-test, Table 4.
Table 4 displays the mean score gained by
participants during pre and post test occasions.
Study group showed significant
difference in the mean score of knowledge
and practices (P value = 0.000 and 0.000),
while no significant difference was
observed in the two domains among the
control group.