Effect of Mothers' Educational Instructions Regarding First Aid for Nosebleeds on Quality of Life of their Children with Idiopathic Epistaxis

Background: Idiopathic epistaxis is a nasal bleeding that has no specific cause. It isone of the most common Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) emergencies. Children withepistaxis reporting a significant impact on quality of life. Aim: the current studyaimed to evaluate the effect of mothers' educational instructions regarding first aid fornosebleeds on quality of life of their children with idiopathic epistaxis. Subjects andMethod: Design: Quasi- experimental research was used. Sample: A purposivesampling of 80 mothers and their children with Idiopathic Epistaxis. Setting: PediatricOutpatient Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) clinic of Tanta Main University Hospital.Tools of data collection: Tool (I) Mothers ' Knowledge Regarding Epistaxis, Tool(II) Mothers' Reported Practice regarding First Aid of Epistaxis, Tool (III) Children'sQuality of Life Questionnaire. Results: The majority of mothers had high level ofknowledge about epistaxis post educational instructions compared to a few percentageof them pre education. Most of the mothers and more than two thirds of them hadsatisfactory practice immediately after education and one month post educationrespectively compared to none of them pre education. Conclusions: The educationalinstructions were effective in improving mother‘s knowledge and practices regardingfirst aid of their children with idiopathic epistaxis. Quality of life of children withepistaxis was improved immediately and after one month as compared to preeducational instructions. Recommendations: Develop public awareness programabout first-aid management and control of epistaxis to minimize complications.