Counseling Intervention for Parents of Children with Down Syndrome on their Needs, Stress and Coping Strategies | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 65, Volume 11, Issue 3, September 2020, Page 993-1011 PDF (306.13 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.218569 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Rania A. Zaki1; Gehan El-Nabawy Ahmed Moawad2; Entisar Mohammed Mahmoud abu-Salem3 | ||||
| 1Psychiatric Nursing. Faculty of Nursing. Ain shams University | ||||
| 2Pediatric Nursing. Faculty of Nursing. Mansoura University | ||||
| 3Psychiatric Nursing. Faculty of Nursing. Beni -Suaf University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Having child with disability is a major difficult that negatively affects parents . Down syndrome is one of the most common disabilities that have a negative impact on parents’ health and well-being and may force them to evaluate their plans, goals, and relationships in light of restrictions and limitations associated with their children's disability. Parents may experience a need for a counselling intervention for utilize available support resources, or look for alternative ones, as an attempt to adopt strategies to regain their equilibrium between resources and disability needs to cope effectively with stresses associated with their children’s down syndrome to alleviate their stress, developing appropriate and effective coping strategies .The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of counseling intervention for parents of children with down syndrome on their needs, stress and coping strategies. Design: A quasi-experimental design was used to conduct the study. Setting: This study was conducted at the Genes Clinics of Down syndrome in the specialized clinics of the university pediatric hospital affiliated to Ain Shams University Hospitals. Subjects: A purposive sample was obtained from fifty parents who accompanying their children with down syndrome in the previously mentioned settings. Tools of data collection : Data were collected using the following tools; An interviewing questionnaire to assess parents' socio demographic data and health assessment of children with down syndrome , Family Need Questionnaire to examine the needs of parents of children with down syndrome., Parent Stress Index Scale to measure stress associated with parenting of children with down syndrome , and the Ways of Coping (Revised) Questionnaire to describes a number of thoughts and acts (coping strategies) which used by parents to cope with a threatening situation. Results: The study results revealed that there was a highly statistically significant difference between pre and post counseling intervention regarding total level of needs, stress level and coping of parents having children with down syndrome, also there was a positive correlations between studied parents' needs, stress and their coping in pre and post counseling intervention. Conclusion: It was concluded that the application of counseling intervention had a positive effect on the improvement of the level of parents' needs, alleviating stress and promote coping strategies among parents of children with down syndrome. Recommendations: Conducting psycho-educational training program focused on reducing parental stress and training parent how to deal effectively with their disabled children under stress. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Down syndrome; Parenting needs; Parenting stress; coping | ||||
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