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Abstract Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that can cause respiratory illness in humans. It is contagious disease which an infectious disease that is readily spread by transmission of a pathogen through contact with an infected person. The first case of covied19 was reported Dec 2019, may have originated in an animal and changed so it could cause illness in humans infectious disease outbreaks have been traced to viruses originating in birds, pigs, bats and other animals that mutated to become dangerous to humans (Page et al., 2021). The symptoms of covied19 in children are variable depending on ranging from mild symptoms to a potentially fatal illness (Niazkar, 2021). Common symptoms include coughing, fever, loss of smell, headaches, nasal congestion and runny nose, muscle pain, sore throat, diarrhea, eye irritation,[and toes swelling or turning purple. In moderate cases pneumonia, abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. develop severe symptoms dyspnea, hypoxia, develop critical symptoms respiratory failure, septic shock and multiorgan dysfunction (CDC, 2021). Most common complication in children multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a condition where different body parts can become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs (Cirks et al., 2021). Kawasaki disease is a syndrome of unknown cause that results in a fever. It is a form of vacuities, where blood vessels become inflamed throughout the body, the skin from the hands and feet may peel, after which recovery typically occurs. In some children and coronary artery aneurysms form in the heart (Brogan et al., 2020). Significance of the study Global spread of covied 19 in April 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in >890,000 cases and >45,000 deaths worldwide. The first case was recorded in Egypt on February 2020 (Ministry of health, 2020). Coronavirus Cases in Egypt until march 2021 about 133,970,545 and Deaths about 2,905,296 and Recovered about 107,987,016(CDC, 2022). The total number of confirmed children cases on May 2020 was 5895case in Egypt, with case fatality rate of 6.9%. Children were affected like other age groups, but total incidence was less than 10%. Confirmed cases had a positive real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 (WHO, 2021). Aim of the Study This study Aims to assessing mother`s knowledge and practices of mother`s have children with covied19 through; Assessing child health history. Assessing knowledge of mother`s have children with covied19. Assessing mother`s reported practices toward their children with covied19. Research Question 1- What is the mother’s knowledge regarding COVID 19? 2- What is the mother’s reported practices toward their children with covied19? 3- Is there a relation between mother’s knowledge and health history of children? 4- Is there a relation between mother’s knowledge and their reported practices? Research design: Descriptive research design will be used to achieve the aim of this study. Study setting: The study will be conducted at El fayoum health insurance Outpatient clinics affiliated to El fayoum governorate Subjects: A purposive sample of 200 (out of 1000 - 1200) mothers attending the previous mentioned setting at 2019-2020 combined with their children Tools of data collection Data will be collected through the following tools: A structure Interview Questionnaire Sheet: consists of four parts: Part I: Socio-demographic characteristics of children and their mothers.it include (age, sex, birth order and school age) of children. And (Age, education level, occupation) of mothers, residence, family monthly income, number of family member and crowding index. Part II: child past history and health status dived to includes A/ past health history (Genetic diseases, Birth defects, parasitic diseases, Infectious diseases, previous operations and any chronic diseases). B/ The current medical histories include appearing symptoms and medication during infection of covied 19. Part III: Mothers knowledge about covied 19 include (meaning of corona, ways of transmission corona virus, incubation period for corona virus, signs and symptoms corona virus, diagnostic method corona virus, complication corona virus, danger signs corona virus when infection with the emergency corona virus. Part IV: Mothers reported practices about covied 19 include 4 parts: (A) General procedures: it included (hand wash times, methods, steps, alcohol rub and wear mask). (B) Home isolation: it included condition for home isolation. (C) Clean and disinfection: it included (tool of disinfection, methods of disinfection, things can be cleaned and method of disposal of waste). (D) Practice to increase child immune system: it included (nutrient and other things). Results 56.0% of the studied children were female. Also, 51.0% of the studied children their age between 10-<11 years, the Mean SD of age were 9.74 ± 2.01 years. Moreover, 49.0% of them birth order were the second. Furthermore, 84.0% of the studied children were at primary school. 52.5% of the studied mothers, their age were between 20-30 years, the Mean SD of age were 29.21±7.19 years. Also, 66.0% of them have intermediate education. Moreover, 60.0% of them were housewife. Furthermore, 56.0% of them reside at rural areas. Also, 59.0% of the studied mothers have insufficient income. Moreover, 52.0% of them have 3-<5 family members. Furthermore, 89.5% of them have not crowded rate. 50.5% of them have 1-2 crowding rate. 72.0% of the studied mothers were unsatisfactory level of total knowledge about covid-19 disease. While, 28.0% of them were satisfactory level. 78.0% of the studied mothers have inadequate practices toward the covid-19 disease. While, 22.0% of them have adequate practices There is statistically significant relation between the total knowledge of the studied mothers and health history of children and infectious diseases at (P= < 0.05). While, there is no statistically significant relation with their history from genetic diseases, birth defects, previous operations, problems during birth and chronic disease at (P= > 0.05 There is highly statistically significant relation between total knowledge of the studied mothers and their total reported practices toward covid-19 disease at (P < 0.01). |