Evaluation of Personal Hygiene Among Students with Visual Impairment at Al-Nour School for Blind: Ismailia City

Abstract
Background: Vision impairment and blindness are signif-icant community problem. It has lifelong implication for both the children and their families which affect their self-care skills.
Aim of Study: Evaluation of personal hygiene among Students with visual impairment at El-Nour School for Blind: Ismailia City. Sample: 86 students, 60 of family caregivers.
Subjects and Methods: Descriptive study design was used for conducting this study. Methods: Data were collected by the investigator using three tools. First: Interviewing ques-tionnaire to assess the students' knowledge about personal hygiene. Second: Observational checklist to assess student's practice of personal hygiene. Third tool: A structured inter-viewing questionnaire for caregivers to assess their knowledge regarding personal hygiene for their children.
Result: 79.1% and 77, 9% of studied students had unsat-isfactory knowledge and practices of personal hygiene respec-tively. 71.67% of caregivers had satisfactory knowledge of personal hygiene for their children except the oral hygiene.
Conclusion: The students with visual impairment had unsatisfactory knowledge and practices regarding personal hygiene, and the caregivers had unsatisfactory knowledge about oral hygiene for their children.
Recommendation: Support the actual need for implanting a well-planned and continuous intervention program aiming at improving caregivers' knowledge about personal hygiene and follow up with subsequent children practice to detect the achievement.