Investigation on the cognition of home nursing knowledge and common problems of the mothers of children with hemivertebrectomy

Objective To investigate the cognition of home nursing knowledge and common problems of the mothers of children with hemivertebrectomy. Methods Questionnaire was used to evaluate 73 mothers of children with hemivertebra resection. Their cognition of postoperative home nursing knowledge and common problems were collected and its influencing factors were analyzed. Results The average cognition score of 73 mother′s home nursing knowledge was (23.9±4.5) points, with a lower score in functional exercise cognition. There were significant differences in the score of cognition in mothers with different education, family economics, residence and whether received home nursing knowledge education (P<0.05). Mothers who received home nursing knowledge education showed a higher cognition score in life nursing (7.3±3.6)points, wound nursing (6.6±3.0) points, brace nursing (7.9±2.4) points and functional exercise (5.8±2.3) points; the score of each dimension was higher than that of unreceived training (t=2.1, 2.3, 3.0, 3.3, P<0.05). Meanwhile, those common problems that mothers often encountered included physiological and psychological problems. Conclusions The cognition of home nursing knowledge is influenced by various factors, and the propaganda of home nursing knowledge education plays an important role in improving the cognition of home nursing knowledge of those mothers. In addition, functional exercise knowledge training should be emphasized. Key words: Home nursing; Cognition; Hemivertebrectomy; Mother of children