Original Article Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2023 EJHC Vol 14. No.2 133 Effect of Web-Based Education on Mothers' Emotional Disturbance Having Children undergoing Hemodialysis during Covid-19 Lockdown Manal Mohamed Ahmed Ayed 1, Soma Ibrahim Ali 2, Hoda Wahid Amer 3, Fatma Mohamed Amin 4 1Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt 2Lecturer of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, Port-Said University, Egypt 3Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing College of Nursing, Misr University for Science & Technology, Egypt 4Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University Abstract: Background: For children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), the novel coronavirus can be considered an additional challenge in disease self-management. Emotional status disturbance can arise after a traumatic experience involving the threat of or actual death. Aim: To evaluate the effect of web-based education on mothers' emotional disturbance having children undergoing hemodialysis during the Covid-19 lockdown. Design: Quasi-experimental research design pre-post- test was utilized to achieve this study. Settings: The study was conducted at Sohag City in Egypt. Sample: A purposive sample of 200 mothers having children undergoing hemodialysis was obtained from social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp groups, 2020 which the online Google form spreadsheet was opened from the beginning of June 2020 to the end of June 2020 where it was closed. Tools for data collection: (I): A self-administered questionnaire (pre and post-test format) to assess mothers' data and mothers' knowledge about hemodialysis (pre and post-test format) and (II): Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS). The link of the survey included the questionnaire, the scales, and the educational program was sent to the respondents' women via Facebook and Whats App groups. Results: The present study revealed that there were highly statistically significant differences between mothers' knowledge and their depression, anxiety, and stress levels regarding hemodialysis during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks pre and post- implementation of the web-based education. Conclusion: the study concluded that web-based education implementation achieved significant improvements in the mothers' knowledge and has a positive effect on improving the emotional disturbance as depression, anxiety, and stress among those undergoing them during the covid-19 lockdown. Recommendations: The web-based education could be applied and carefully planned for all mothers undergoing hemodialysis as a new teaching method for proving health care. Keywords: Covid-19 Lockdown, Emotional status, Hemodialysis, Mothers, Web-based education. Introduction: By the end of 2019, COVID-19 had developed into a global health problem. In reaction to the epidemic, a global lockdown was implemented, which had an effect on the populace and altered many aspects of their existence (Sharma et al., 2020). The lockdown in Egypt started on March 25th and lasted for around three months. Lockdown during care has had an impact on 25.3 million kids in total, endangering their safety and security. Long- term home isolation brought on by lockdown procedures to stop the COVID-19 epidemic poses a risk of increasing child mortality as a pandemic side effect (World Health Organization, 2021). Because CKD is typically asymptomatic, especially in the early stages, epidemiologic statistics may understate its prevalence and incidence (Assadi, 2018). Children with CKD stage II or lower made up 18.5 to 58.3 per million worldwide. Additionally, previous studies reported a prevalence of CKD in children between 15 and 74.7 per million, with