مقايسه روش سخنراني و خود آموزي بر ميزان آگاهي والدين كودكان مبتلا به تالاسمي ماژور بر نحوه مراقبت از كودكان خود

Comparison of the effects oflecture and booklet methods on awareness and attention of parents of children with Thalassemia major

Background and aim: Thalassemia is one of the most important genetic diseases in Iran. Warning of their parents about their childrenʹs disease prevents the related problems and reduces its complications. This study was aimed at comparing the influence of lecture and booklet methods on enhancement of awareness and attentions of parents of children with Thalassemia major. Methods: In this interventional study, a total of 90 parents of children with Thalassemia who referred to Hajar hospital for medical treatments, were selected using simple sampling and were randomly divided in three groups of 30 parents. The parents in lecture group attended for seasons of lecture for 30 min. each with 3 weeks interval. A booklet with the same contents a, the lecture group was given to the booklet group without any intervention. A questionnaire was designed to gather some information about the disease from parents of all three groups. To determine the statistical relationships, student t-test, Spearmanʹs correlation and of ANOYA tests were used. Results: No significant differences were found among the three groups tested in terms of the mean age, gender, level of education, job, number of affected children, and age of the children. The results showed that the mean of knowledge before and after the education in the lecture group was 1O.53±4.37 and 16.5±4.73 (P