Mothers' Fear and Anxiety during COVID-19 Pandemic regarding their Children Health | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 33, Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2021, Page 468-478 PDF (230.32 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.200587 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Eman Elsayed Bauomey Mohamed1; Nabila Hassan Aly Abdella2; Joanne C. Jaramillo3; Omaima Ezzat Mahmoud4 | ||||
| 1Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| 2Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University | ||||
| 3Nursing Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Faisal University, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| 4Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni- Suef University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The presence of pandemic disease as COVID-19 may increase the risk of the disease among children and can lead to several consequences such as increased fear and anxiety levels of their mothers regarding their children health. Aim: To investigate the mothers' fear and anxiety level during the COVID-19 pandemic regarding their children's health. Design: A descriptive research design was used to accomplish this study. Setting: This study was applied in Egypt at Beni-Suef City. Sample: - A total of purposive sample of 600 mothers from 5 and 25 April 2020 by using an online snowball sampling. Tools: Three online questionnaires including a structured questionnaire, fear of COVID‐19 Scale (FCV‐19S), and Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS) were used to collect data. Results: The current results revealed that women were mostly between 20 < 30 years, it was noticed that majority of mothers have experienced high fear and the majority of them had severe anxiety scores regarding their children's health. It was displayed that a significant relationship was detected between the level of (FCV‐19S) and (CDAS) scores (P = <0.05). Conclusion: The studied mothers were worried, afraid, and anxious that Covid -19 affected their children's health. Recommendations: Provide mothers with a well-planned health program to improve their knowledge regarding Covid -19 and providing strategies for early diagnosis and possible interventions is essential to support and help in psychological adjustment. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Anxiety; Children; Covid-19; Fear; Mothers | ||||
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