Effect of Tele-nursing on Burden and Coping Strategies among Family Caregivers of Confirmed COVID- 19 Patients | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 36, Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2021, Page 511-529 PDF (925.29 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.201432 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Asmaa Elsayed Farid Amr1; Reda Taha Ahmed AbouElazab2; Sabah Ramadan Hussein3; Nagwa Ibrahim Doma1; Ebtsam Salah Shalaby Salama4 | ||||
| 1Lecturer of Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, Port Said University | ||||
| 3Assistant professor of maternity and newborn health Nursing, faculty of nursing, Helwan University | ||||
| 4Lecturer of mental health & psychiatric nursing, faculty of nursing, El Mansoura University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Coronavirus or COVID-19 disease is not only disrupt patients' lives, but they also affect their family caregivers. Aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of tele-nursing on burden and coping strategies among family caregivers of confirmed COVID-19 patients. Methods: Research design in this study: A Quasi- experimental research design was used to conduct the current study. Setting: The study was carried out at family health center of Mastay village followed Quesna district, Menoufia governorate. Subjects: A convenient sample of 90 family caregivers of patients with confirmed COVID-19 were taken and divided randomly into study group and control group. Tools: The tools of this study used were (1) An interviewing questionnaire included four parts; I- Sociodemographic data and medical history for patients and their family caregivers. (2)- COVID-19 knowledge questionnaire (3) Zarit Burden Interview Scale. (4) Coping Inventory for stressful situation scale. Results: The study revealed that 41.4% of the studied family caregivers were among age group 41-50 years old, 53.3% main family caregivers were female, 64.4% of them were married. After application of tele-nursing intervention, there was statistical significance improvement in the total mean score of knowledge about COVID-19 among study group than the control group at (p <0.001). Also, there were a statistical significance differences among both group on total score of burden at (p <0.001). Finally, there were highly statistical significance differences among two group on the total score of coping strategies at (p <0.001). Conclusions: Using of tele- nursing was effective in decreasing burden, improving knowledge about COVID-19 disease and improving coping strategies among family caregivers of patients with confirmed COVID - 19 .Recommendation: Continuous providing of knowledge and skills about family caregivers’ burden and effective coping strategies in the crisis of COVID-19 should be a part of the nursing care. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Burden; Coping strategies; Family caregivers; Tele- nursing | ||||
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