Coping Skills Nursing Program: Its Effect on Anxiety, Caregiving Burden, and Coping Patterns among Family Caregivers of Patients at the End-Stage of Cancer Disease | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 124, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2021, Page 1988-2002 PDF (482.1 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.215186 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Hanaa Ezz-Eldin Prince Ali1; Rania. A. Zaki2; Fatma Mohammed Ibrahim Morsi1 | ||||
| 1Lecturer of Psychiatric /Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University | ||||
| 2Assistant professor of Psychiatric /Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Family caregivers of patients receiving advanced cancer care or palliative care have been shown to have high levels of anxiety, depression, stress, and burden, and interventions to improve coping skills of caregivers have been shown to be effective in various diseases. Aim: This study aimed to assess the effect of coping skills nursing program on anxiety, burden, and coping patterns among family caregivers of patients at the end-stage of cancer disease. Research design: a quasi-experimental study design on one group pre/post assessment was utilized on (40) family caregivers at outpatient clinics of Oncology and Nuclear Therapy Department, El-Demerdash Hospital, Ain Shams University. Tools of data collection: The data was collected using an interview questionnaire sheets that included four parts as following: 1) A structured interview schedule to assess demographic Characteristics of family caregivers, 2) The COPE Inventory, 3) Caregiver Burden Inventory (Zarit), 4) Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale. Results: : The current study revealed that: there were highly statistically significant differences between problem-focused coping domains, emotion-focused coping domains, caregiving burden, and anxiety pre- and post- coping skills nursing program implementation; also, there were moderate negative correlations between caregiving burdens and problem focused coping and emotion focused coping post- program implementation; a high negative correlation between emotion focused coping and anxiety post program implementation; a moderate negative correlation between problem focused coping and anxiety post program implementation; and a high positive correlation between caregiving burden and anxiety post- coping skills nursing program implementation among the studied family caregivers. Conclusion: The study concluded that, coping skills nursing intervention program had positive effect on enhancing coping patterns, and reducing psychological burdens and anxiety among family caregivers of patients receiving palliative care. Recommendation: Design intervention strategies to enhance the coping and other psychosocial issues of caregivers of patients living with advanced cancer. Psychosocial supportive interventions should be provided throughout the caregiving process as possible. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| coping skills nursing intervention; caregiving burden; anxiety; coping pattern; family caregiver; end-stage of cancer disease; palliative care; advanced cancer care | ||||
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