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Background: Epilepsy is a chronic medical condition, which requires long term management. Adherence to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) is crucial for preventing the risk of recurrent seizures. Aim of this study is to examine the impact of educational Sessions on maternal knowledge, adherence to antiepileptic drugs and seizure severity among their epileptic children. Methods: A quasi experimental design (pre, post three month and follow up after six month) was conducted on 100 mothers with their epileptic children who willing to participate at inpatient unit and outpatient clinic of neurology department at Mansoura University Children's hospital. Three tools were used to collect the required data; structured interview questionnaire, medication adherence scale and seizure severity scale, then educational sessions was developed according to mothers needs. Results: More than half of the studied mothers (59%) have poor knowledge and only (3%) of them have good knowledge. As regard adherence to antiepileptic drugs about three quarters of mothers (73%) are nonadherent. Also seventy two (72%) of children has moderate severity of epilepsy, (15%) has sever level and only (13%) has mild level of epilepsy severity before intervention, but after three and six month of intervention57% &44% of mothers had good knowledge, the majority of them 95% & 98% respectively become adherent to drugs administration and the severity level of seizure among children were decreased. Also (91%) of mothers reported that forgetness is the major causes of nonadherence to antiepileptic drug administration. Conclusion: An improvement in mean score of mothers' knowledge, their adherence to antiepileptic drugs and seizure severity occurred among their children after three and six month of intervention than before. Recommendation: Educational efforts and reinforcement must be continuous to meet the needs of the mothers and their children during various stages of the disease.

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Impact of Educational Sessions for Epileptic Children Mothers on Their knowledge, Adherence to Antiepileptic Drugs and Seizures Severity among their Children