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Abstract
Abstract
Background: Self care practices for preventive measures of herpes zoster are very critical subject to prevent the disease transmission and improve the patient’s health status. Aim: assess the self care practices for preventive measures of herpes zoster among patients and their caregivers. Design: descriptive research design was used. Setting The study was conducted at dermatology outpatient clinics in Elsayda Zainab in Egypt. Subjects: this study was carried on (200) herpes zoster patients and (200) of their caregivers .Tools: two tools was used in this study, interviewing questionnaire, consisted of three parts. To assess patients and their caregivers’ demographic characteristics, in addition to patients and their caregivers’ knowledge regarding herpes zoster. Assess patients and their caregivers reported self care practices regarding preventive measures to prevent heaps zoster. 2) Observation check list to assess home environment. Results: This study results revealed that 50% of studied patients had correct knowledge about herpes zoster and 55% of caregivers had correct knowledge. Regarding their total self care practices 60% had not done self care practices of the patients and 55% of caregiver had done self care practices. Finally, there was statistical significance correlation between knowledge and self care practices of studied sample about herpes zoster and reflected that there was highly significant relation between total knowledge score and total self care practices score. Conclusion: the patients had incorrect knowledge and not done self care practices for preventive measures and the caregivers had incorrect knowledge and done self care practices for preventive measures regarding herpes zoster.
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