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STRESS, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AMONG ADOLESCENTS SUFFERING FROM THALASSEMIA

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health

Abstract

Background: Thalassemia a serious, life-limiting disease that can be life-threatening and cause great disruption in all dimensions of life. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate stress, anxiety and depression in adolescents with thalassemia. Subjects and Method: Design: A descriptive research design was utilized. Setting: Pediatric Hospital in Mansoura University and an inpatient department of El- Tadamon Hospital in Port-Said city. Subjects: The studied subjects consisted of 112 adolescents whom selected from above mentioned settings. Tools:  Data were collected through Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS21), in addition to personal and clinical data questionnaire. Results: The study revealed that, approximately half of the studied adolescents (48.2%) had extremely severe level of stress, more than half of them (54.5%) had extremely severe level of anxiety, and less than one quarter of them (23.2%) had extremely severe level of depression. Conclusion: Adolescents suffering from thalassemia are exposed to multiple health problems especially what related to psychological and emotional dimensions represented in severe anxiety and stress. Recommendations: The main recommendation was designing and applying continuous educational programs for adolescents with thalassemia regarding their disease to maintain compliance to the therapeutic regimen and prevent negative impacts of thalassemia on their psychological status. These programs should be led by health professionals.  

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2021.78945.1112

Keywords

anxiety, depression, Stress, thalassemia

Authors

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doaa

Last Name

khedr

MiddleName

hesham

Affiliation

psychiatric nursing and mental health, faculty of nursing, port said, Egypt

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doaahesham110@gmail.com

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demitta

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First Name

Sohier

Last Name

El-said

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Goda

Affiliation

Assist Prof. of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing - Port Said University

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dr_smyo2000@yahoo.com

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First Name

Ahmad

Last Name

Darwish

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Affiliation

Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit- Mansoura Research Center for Cord Stem Cells, Faculty of Medicine- Mansoura University

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First Name

Nadia

Last Name

Wahba

MiddleName

Mohamed

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lecturer in Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health Department, Faculty of Nursing- Port Said University

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Volume

8

Article Issue

3

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29710

Issue Date

2021-12-01

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2021-06-03

Publish Date

2021-12-01

Page Start

149

Page End

168

Print ISSN

2356-8658

Online ISSN

2682-3241

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866

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Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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https://pssjn.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023