Perception of Mothers : Toilet Education Program for Children with Cerebral palsy in Occupational Therapy at in=Patient Paediatric Unit, CRP, Savar, Dhaka

Abstract

Toileting is a major functional area in activities of daily living. Children with cerebral palsy have problems in self-toileting and their mothers also face difficulty to toilet their child. Thus toilet education program is arranged at inpatient paediatric unit as a part of occupational therapy intervention. However, there is scarcity evidence about toilet education program. This study was focused to know mothers' perception about toilet education program of their children with cerebral palsy at inpatient paediatric unit of Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed. The objectives were to find out mothers' level of understanding about toilet education program and to find out value of this program from the perspective of mothers. Furthermore, investigator also gathered some suggestions from mothers' perspective about toilet education program. This study was conducted by using qualitative content analysis approach of qualitative method. Participants were selected by using purposive sampling. Data was collected using face to face interview with a semi-structured questionnaire. Data was analyzed by using content analysis. After analyzing data, it was found that mothers of children with cerebral palsy understand all the information clearly and satisfactorily. Mothers of children with cerebral palsy addressed that toilet education program enhance their knowledge about toileting problem of their children with cerebral palsy and about its management. Mothers thought that toilet education program is very important to take care of their children with cerebral palsy. They will utilize their learning from toilet education program at their home environment for their children with cerebral palsy. Mothers thought that showing the toilet training technique by using video clip is better to make information easy to see and remember. Mothers prefer booklet on toilet training technique, which they can use at home to show the techniques and related information to the other family members. Therefore, a video clip can be used for providing information instead of only flashcard of picture about toileting. Overall, the toilet education program is very important for mothers of children with cerebral palsy and they have learned many easy way of toileting which they will use after returning home.