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KNOWLEDGE OF MOTHERS REGARDING THE GIRLS ‘PUBERTY IN SAUDI ARABIA

Taibah Ali Alsaihati , Rasis Khalid Saleh Saber , Batool Mahmoud Saati , Sukayna Adil Al Hamad , Nour Khairan Alamri , Amal Khairan Alamri , Arwa Abdulaziz Almajdui , Sarah Hamad Alshehri , Aqeela Salah AlMosa, Afrah Zaal Albalawi

Background: Puberty is the stage of individuals ‘life that involve the transfer from childhood stage to an adult stage. Puberty stage involve several changes including physical, psychological and social changes. The puberty stage in girls is very important as it affects not only the girl but also her offspring in the future, so girls should know enough about this stage. Mother is the closest person to her children especially daughters and she is the person responsible for girls ‘awareness. Aim: To assess the level of knowledge of mothers regarding the Girls ‘puberty. Methods: This is a cross sectional study that was conducted on mother during the period from 1 March to 31 July 2018, using an online survey. The survey included 2 parts of questions to investigate demographics and 4 dimensions of knowledge. Results: The mean ± SD of knowledge was 78±10.4, the highest mean ± SD score of knowledge was found regarding physical puberty 80.8±12.4. There were 87.1% of mothers had good level of knowledge. There was a significant weak positive correlation between age of mother and knowledge of social puberty (P=0.04, r=0.2) and there were a significant moderate correlations between education of mothers and over all knowledge as well as knowledge of physical puberty (p=0.01, r=0.4) and (P=0.02,r=0.4) respectively. Conclusion: There was an overall good knowledge, but there was low knowledge regarding nutrition in puberty. Keywords: Mothers ‘knowledge, Puberty, Girls, KSA, Puberty in Girls

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