Stressors Facing Mothers having Children with Congenital Heart Diseases | ||
| Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 27, Issue 3, September 2025, Pages 62-73 PDF (277.11 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2025.450078 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Salwa El-Sayed Abd-Elkareem* 1; Reham Mohamed, Wagdy , Mohamed,2; Noha Mohamed Arafa Mohamed,3; Magda Mohamed El-Sayed Youssef,4 | ||
| 1Instructor Pediatric Nursing Department, Technical Institute of Nursing; Al-Amreya, Alexandria, Egypt. | ||
| 2Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt. | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing Pediatric Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt. | ||
| 4Emeritus Professor Pediatric Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Congenital Heart Diseases (CHDs) are the most common congenital malformation in children. Mothers having children with congenital heart diseases are facing unique challenges and experience significant stressors., which are either physical, psychological or social. Aim: The study aimed to investigate the stressors facing mothers having children with CHD. Setting: The study was conducted at the cardiology clinics of Alexandria University Children’s Hospitals (AUCH) at Smouha and at El-Shatby. Sample: A convenient sample of 150 mothers who had children with CHD constituted the sample. Tool: Stressors facing mothers having children with congenital heart disease structured interview schedule was the tool used to collect the data, and it consisted of two parts: characteristics of mothers and their children as well as medical data of children and stressors facing mothers which included physical, psychological, social, financial stressors and stressors associated with child treatment. Every mother was interviewed individually. Results: Physical stressors were the highest stressors facing the mothers (Mean percent 99.5%), followed by financial stressors (mean percent 86,1%), stressors associated with treatment (mean percent 83.2%), social stressors (mean percent 78.5%), and psychological stressors (mean percent 71.0%). Statistically significant differences were found between mothers’ social stressors and their age, type of the family and children birth order. Also, there were significance differences between physical stressors and mothers’ level of education, children’s age and birth order. Conclusion: The highest stressors facing the mothers were the physical stressors while psychological stressors were the least stressors reported by the mothers. Recommendations: Pediatric nurses must have an active role in reducing the stressors of the mothers of children with CHD through guiding and supporting them from the time of diagnosis. Establishment of group psychotherapy for mothers having children with CHD to share other mothers’ feelings, recommendations, and exchange experiences. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Children; Congenital heart diseases; Mothers; Stressors | ||
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