Comparing the opinions of residents, interns, nurses and mothers about the educational needs of a family with a child admitted to the infectious department of Mofid Children's Hospital

Background: The educational needs of families with hospitalized children is one of the most important factors influencing the prevention, control, and treatment of children's sicknesses that point the impression of the family to provide and preserve the patient's physical and mental health.Therefore, the necessity of teaching mothers and family with hospitalized children, especially in infectious wards, regarding to nature and possibility of transmission of infectious diseases, increases the importance of family education.We try to compare the opinions of medical staff and children's mothers in the infectious ward to understand the conception of educational needs of children's families.Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study in 2024, 146 mothers with hospitalized children in pediatric infectious ward, 20 nurses, 17 medical interns, 12 pediatric residents were randomly participated.The participant's opinion were considered with using a questionnaire about participants' demographic information's and 37 questions about the needs of families with hospitalized children in addition to five questions about pamphlets in the pediatric infectious ward, answered with Likert Scale.Results: Mean of age of mothers was 34/3 6/4, nurses was 37/8 7/1, residents was 30/6 3/8 and interns was 25/8 4/7.The overall score of mothers with the hospitalized child in infectious ward had a significant relationship with educational level and number of children also, the overall score of nurses and doctors had a significant relationship with age, marital status, and amount of income(p<0/05). Conclusion:The differences conception of educational needs of family with the hospitalized child between mothers and medical staff revealed the numerous barriers, avoided to solve, existed for witch need a notice and compilation for appropriate educational plan.