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Mothers' Fear and Anxiety during COVID-19 Pandemic regarding their Children Health

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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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.

DOI

10.21608/ejhc.2021.200587

Keywords

anxiety, children, COVID-19, Fear, Mothers

Authors

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Eman

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Elsayed Bauomey Mohamed

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Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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Nabila

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Hassan Aly Abdella

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Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University

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Joanne

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C. Jaramillo

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Nursing Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Faisal University, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia

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Omaima

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Ezzat Mahmoud

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Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni- Suef University

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Volume

12

Article Issue

4

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27604

Issue Date

2021-12-01

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2021-10-21

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2021-12-01

Page Start

468

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478

Print ISSN

1687-9546

Online ISSN

3009-6766

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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https://ejhc.journals.ekb.eg/

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Mothers' Fear and Anxiety during COVID-19 Pandemic regarding their Children Health

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22 Jan 2023