Post-traumatic Stress Responses and Coping Strategies among Parents of Children with Leukemia | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Volume 15, Issue 4, December 2024, Page 2139-2156 PDF (512.18 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.438168 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Doha Abd elbaseer Mahmoud1; Hend Ahmed Mostafa1; Shimaa Salah Elsayed2 | ||||
| 1Assistant professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Different people with stressful events like leukemia have different post-traumatic stress responses. Aim of the research: The aim of this research was to assess the relation between post-traumatic stress responses and coping strategies among parents of children with leukemia. Design: This research used a descriptive correlational research design. Setting: oncology clinic at a specialist pediatric hospital in Benha City, Kaluobia Governorate and 57357 Hospital for Pediatric Oncology and the hematology, served as the research's sites. Sample: One hundred parents of children with leukemia were included in the purposive sample. Tools: A structured interviewing questionnaire sheet is the first tool. Tool (11): Post-traumatic stress responses Scale and Tool (11I): Coping Patterns Scale. Results: More than half of the studied parents in the research had high levels of post-traumatic stress responses, according to the findings. Additionally, over 50% of the studied parents in the research exhibit low levels of overall coping patterns. Conclusion: Among the studied parents under research, there was a highly statistically significant negative correlation between their overall post-traumatic stress responses and their total coping patterns. Recommendation: Psycho-educational programs ought to be incorporated into regular nursing interventions for parents of children with leukemia to lessen parental stress and enhance coping mechanisms. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Coping strategies; leukemia; Post-traumatic stress | ||||
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