Mothers’ Knowledge Regarding Cerebral Palsy of their Children in Sulaimani City

Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a non-progressive syndrome of motor function and posture disturbance caused by abnormalities or damage to the brain during its development.Aim: To assess mothers knowledge regarding cerebral palsy of their childrenMethods: A quantitative design descriptive study was conducted on 111 mothers of their children with Cerebral Palsy attending the chronic unit of Dr Jamal Ahmad Rashid Pediatric Teaching Hospital in Sulaimani City from January to March 2023. A non-probability convenience sampling method was used to select the sample. The data was collected through face-to-face interviews, and a questionnaire was designed for this study after obtaining participants' consent. The data were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version (23.0).Results: The findings of the study revealed that more than half (59.5%) of mothers aged between (30-39) years with a mean was (38.1 5.5), (32.4%) of mothers had primary education, unemployed (86.5%), from urban areas (67.6%) and (62.2%) of mothers were barely sufficient. More than half (54.1%) of mothers had fair knowledge, (24.3%) had good knowledge, and (21.6%) had poor knowledge regarding Cerebral Palsy.Conclusion: The results of the present study conclude that more than half of mothers had fair knowledge regarding the Cerebral Palsy of their children, and there was a significant association between the level of Knowledge of the mothers and age, level of education, and financial status, while there was no significant association between level of Knowledge of the mothers and residency.