Improvement of Women’s Skills toward their Children with Hemophiliaat Hereditary Blood Disease Center in Al-Nasiriya City, Iraq

Abstract

Background: Hemophilia refers to a group of bleeding disorders in which there is deficiency in one of the factors necessary for coagulation of blood such as factor VIII, IX or XI. The study was aimed to assess and improve women’s skills toward their hemophilic children. Method: A descriptive study was conducted on a sample consisting of (70) women having hemophilic children who were selected randomly from Hereditary Bleeding Disease Center in Nasiriya City, Iraq from June 2018 to November 2018. Results: The results revealed that differences were found between the study and control groups (P<0.01). With regard to practice of women in post-test, there was significant difference between practice (P<0.01) after the application of the education program in post-test conducts with relative comparison to the pre-test occasion in the study group. Conclusion: Most of the women in the study group got benefit from implementation of programme about their skills concerning hemophilic disease.