The effectiveness of Practical Guides on Burden's Coping Strategies among Caregiver of Children Undergoing Hemodialysis

A.El-Abbassy, Amal.; Atia, Mervat. M.; H.Alam, Faten.

doi:10.15640/ijn.v2n2a13

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“…The result of this study indicated that the highest percentage of caregivers caring for leukemic children were mothers, which is consistent with the result of a descriptive study conducted by Hasan et al in Erbil (2012), which assessed the caregivers' home care for adolescent leukemia patients and found that most of the caregivers (71.3%) were the patients' mothers [3].Furthermore, the study found that the caregivers of leukemic children were mostly secondary school graduates or illiterate and the majority were living in urban areas. These results are similar to the findings of a quasi-experimental study conducted in Egypt by El-Abbassy et al in 2015 who studied the effectiveness of practical guides on burden's coping strategies among the 50 caregivers of children undergoing hemodialysis [11].The present study found that the majority of the children were diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia. This result is congruent with the finding of a descriptive study conducted in Erbil by Hasan et al, among 80 adolescents from the period of 2010 to 2011, which aimed to assess the common physical problems among leukemic adolescent patients undergoing chemotherapy.…”

Section: Family History Of Cancersupporting

confidence: 92%

“…This finding is consistent with the results of a study conducted by Hassan and Mohamed in 2011 for the assessment of burden and coping strategies in 100 caregivers of schizophrenic patients at Assiut University Hospital, Egypt, which reported that there was a significant negative correlation between the mean score of coping strategies and age of caregivers [16].The current study revealed that there was a statistically significant association between the overall level of coping with caregivers' education level, and residence. This is in line with the findings of the study conducted by El-Abbassy et al in 2015, which found statistically significant differences between total scores of coping patterns with the father's education and residence [11]. Their study found no significant association between the total scores of coping strategies and the occupation of participants, which is in contrast with the present study that demonstrated a significant association between the overall score of coping patterns and the occupation of caregivers.…”

Section: Family History Of Cancersupporting

confidence: 91%

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Coping Strategies among Caregivers of Children with Acute Leukemia at Nanakali Hospital in Erbil City

Hamad

Shaker

2019

Erbil j. nurs. midwifery

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Childhood cancer is an increasing and prevalent type of chronic disease worldwide. Leukemia represents 25% of all cancers in children under the age of 15 years and is the most common type of cancer in this age group [1]. Acute leukemia is the most common malignancy that affects children. In 2018, leukemia accounted for 6.6% of 25,320 new cases of cancers in the Iraqi population [2]. In Erbil, during 2016-2018, there were more than 120 cases of children with leukemia registered at the Nanakali Hospital for Blood Diseases and Cancer. Like other chronic diseases, the situation causes many physical and psychosocial problems for a person who gives care for the children having cancer. Background and objective:Childhood with leukemia is one of the developing global health issues, which has negative psychological, social, and physical consequences on caregivers, and affects the quality of long-term care of leukemic children. The current study aimed to assess coping strategies among caregivers of children with acute leukemia in Erbil City in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Methods: A descriptive study was carried out at the Nanakali Hospital for Blood Diseases and cancer in Erbil City from 10th October 2018 to 10th June 2019. The research sample involved 54 caregivers of leukemic children undergoing chemotherapy that were purposively recruited for the study. The researchers used a standard tool of "Coping Health Inventory for Parents" after verifying its validity and reliability. The data were collected by interviewing the participants and analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, chi-square, and Fisher's exact test.Results: More than half, 28 (52%) of the children were female and the majority, 48 (88.9%) of them were diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The mean age of caregivers was 36.53± 7.53 years, and the majority of chief caregivers (87%) were mothers, mainly illiterate and secondary school graduates. Regarding the overall levels of coping patterns scores among caregivers, the highest percentage (61.1%) of them were at the medium level. Concerning each of the three levels of coping patterns score; for 87% of caregivers, maintaining family integration was within the medium level, while social support and selfesteem and an understanding medical situation, had lower percentages of 59.3% and 63% retrospectively. The results of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between levels of coping and caregiver's education. Conclusion:According to the findings of the study, the majority of caregivers of children with leukemia undergoing chemotherapy treatment had a low level of coping in most of the coping patterns domains.

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Section: Family History Of Cancersupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Family History Of Cancersupporting

confidence: 91%