The Effect of the Education Given to the Parents of 1–3 Year Old Children With Urogenital Surgery on Toilet Training Knowledge Attitudes and Self-Efficacy Levels in Parenting Tasks

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to ascertain the impact of the training programme administered to parents of children aged between 1 and 3 years who have undergone urogenital surgery on their knowledge of toilet training, attitudes towards the subject, and parenting self-efficacy. The study was a quasi-experimental, one-group, pretest–posttest study. The present study was conducted with a sample of 43 parents. A personal information form containing a number of variables and questionnaire forms containing two different scales were used for the parents. A training programme consisting of three sessions for parents was used in the study. In the post-training stage, a significant divergence was observed in the mean scores of toilet training knowledge and attitude. Furthermore, a substantial discrepancy was identified in the mean scores of self-efficacy levels in parenting tasks within the play sub-dimension. Statistically significant differences were identified between certain variables of the parents and the Toilet Training Knowledge Attitude Scale, the Self-Efficacy Scale for Parenting Tasks Short Form scale and its sub-dimensions (p < 0.05). The educational intervention given to parents of children aged between 1 and 3 years who have undergone urogenital surgery has been shown to have a positive effect on both their knowledge and attitudes towards toilet training, as well as their self-efficacy levels in specific parenting tasks.