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PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF BURN PATIENTS

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Community Health Nursing

Abstract

Background: The burns patient suffered from a numerous of difficulties ranging from severe physical discomfort to psychological trauma, all of which have a negative impact on the care receiver and a bad influence on the caregiver's mental health. Aim: To assess psychological health and coping strategies among family caregivers of burn patients. Subjects and method: Design: A descriptive cross-sectional design was used. Subjects: A convenient sample of 70 family caregivers attending with their patients. Setting: the study was conducted at burn clinic (management discharge) of al-Salam hospital in Port Said City. Tools: Data was collected by Coping Strategies Scale and psychological health scale. Results: The caregivers had experience in caregiving ranged from 1 to 30 years with Mean ± SD10.41 ± 8.89, 62.9% of the caregivers are parents of burnt patients, and their age was between 18-70 years. A highly statistically significant association was found between the overall coping scoring and only the duration of caregiving role. Conclusion: The caregiving role could impact negatively on the psychological health. Caregivers' psychological health is improved through the use of efficient coping methods and strong social support. Recommendations: It was recommended to carry out regular health education training for the caregivers of burnt patients to raise their awareness in coping strategies and psychological health aspects.  

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2021.77199.1109

Keywords

Burn patients, Coping strategies, family caregivers, Psychological health

Authors

First Name

hend esmail

Last Name

ali esmail

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Affiliation

community health nursing

Email

hendesmail57@yahoo.com

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First Name

Magda

Last Name

Mohammed

MiddleName

Aly

Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Port Said City

Email

memeybacker@yahoo.com

City

Port Said

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First Name

Fatma

Last Name

Elemam

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Affiliation

Assistant professor of family and community health nursing , faculty of nursing

Email

dr.fatmaelemam@gmail.com

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First Name

Fatma

Last Name

Elsewerky

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Affiliation

community health nursing , faculty of nursing, portsaid university

Email

farawla_fma_2005@yahoo.com

City

Port Said

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Volume

8

Article Issue

3

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29710

Issue Date

2021-12-01

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2021-06-04

Publish Date

2021-12-01

Page Start

287

Page End

302

Print ISSN

2356-8658

Online ISSN

2682-3241

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https://pssjn.journals.ekb.eg/article_212201.html

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14

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Original Article

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866

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Journal

Publication Title

Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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

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PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF BURN PATIENTS

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22 Jan 2023