Background: Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a multi-disorder which affects the child
movement, posture, and cause sensory, cognitive, communication and behavioral
problems. Aim: This study aimedto evaluate theeffect of family empowerment
program on parents’ performance regarding care of their children with cerebral palsy.
Research design:Aquasi experimental design was used.Setting: The study was
carried out at Neurology Out Patient Clinic at Benha University Hospital in
BenhaCity.Sample:Convenientsample of 68 children and theirparents was included.
Three toolswere used in this study for data collection; Tool I: An interviewing
questionnaire composed of four parts as parents’ socio-demographic characteristics,
children'personal data,children' medical history and parents’ knowledge regarding
cerebral palsy. Tool II:Parents reported practices questionnaireregarding care of their
children with cerebral palsyTool III:Family empowerment scale. Results: The
present study denoted that there was a significant improvement in the total levels of
studied parents’ knowledge, practices and family empowerment pre and post program
implementation and at follow-up phase. Conclusion: Family empowerment
programwas efficient in improvingparents’ performance and enhanced their
empowermentregarding care of their children with cerebral palsy.
Recommendations:Developingcontinuous family empowerment programs for
parents of children withcerebral palsy to enhance their knowledge, practices and their
empowerment levels. |
