THE EVALUATION OF THE MATERNAL SATISFACTION WITH THEIR CHILDREN
HEALTH STATUS
Aliye Mandiracioglu,1 Emel
Luleci2
1
Department of Public Health, Ege University, izmir, Turkey, 2Ministry
of Health, Manisa, Turkey
This study aim was
maternal rating of current child health at school-age children who are
generally healthy.
All
the mothers of school-aged children (10-12) years in three rural schools in
a village near the city were surveyed between May and June 2000. Some 182
mothers responded (90.0%).
Maternal
reports were obtained on children well-being and socio-demographic
variables.
The
child well-being scale 40- item was developed. Satisfaction with children
general health, satisfaction with children school works, activities with
friends, behavior and these impact on the family were measured. For each
statement there was a 5-point response scale. Cronbach��s alpha was 0.69 for
this questionnaire. Construct validity of the questionnaire was assessed
using Principal Component Analysis.
The percentage of girls
was 52.7%. Mean mothers age was 36.3��5.3, and mean fathers
age was 41.0��5.9.
Seventy-eight percentage of the fathers, and % 97.0 of the mothers were no
schooling or elementary schooling. Maternal ratings of their children in
the absence of current health problems were about child's school works
(18.6%)or activities with friends (15.9%). They gave higher scores for most
of the items. Most of the mothers (94.5%) were satisfy with their children
well being. No differences were found by sex, mother and father
schooling.