Effectiveness of Teaching Sessions on Anxiety Level among Mothers of Children with Congenital Heart Disease | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 30, Volume 11, Issue 3, September 2020, Page 494-509 PDF (494.22 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.140544 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Omayma Mustafa Abu Samra1; Josephin A. Lawend2; Fatma Mohamed Amin2 | ||||
| 1Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing - Faculty of Nursing Mansoura University | ||||
| 2Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Mansoura University. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Congenital heart disease is a stressful and anxiety overwhelming experience for parents and their children, therefore nurses are pivotal in providing a comprehensive and evidence based strategies to reduce anxiety among parents and enhance their children' wellbeing. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of teaching sessions on anxiety level among mothers of children with congenital heart disease. Study design: A quasi-experimental design was used. Setting: The study was conducted in paediatric cardiology department at Mansoura University Children Hospital affiliated to Mansoura University. Sample: A purposive sample of forty mothers having children from 3 months to 6 years with congenital heart disease were participated in this study. Tools of data collection: Three tools were used; first: by Interview Questionnaire to gather data about characteristic of the study subjects, mothers' knowledge regarding congenital heart disease. Second: Mothers' reported practice sheet was designed by the researchers to assess mothers' reported practice regarding congenital heart disease. Third: Taylor’s Manifest Anxiety Scale was used to assess the anxiety level of the studied mothers. Results: There was a highly statistical significant difference between the studied mothers' total mean score of knowledge and reported practice with positive correlation regarding congenital heart disease at pre and post teaching sessions. Also, there was highly significant negative correlation among mothers' knowledge, practice and anxiety level. Conclusion: the implementation of teaching sessions for the mothers of children with congenital heart disease had reduced their anxiety level. Furthermore, teaching sessions had improved mothers' total mean score of knowledge and reported practices about caring of children with congenital heart disease. Recommendations: The study recommended establishing programs, as mothers' support groups, to assist them overcome the adverse psychological effects of congenital heart disease among their children. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Anxiety; Congenital Heart Disease; Children; Mothers; Teaching Sessions | ||||
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