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The Effect of Psychoeducational Program on Coping Strategies among Parents Having Children with Epilepsy

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.

Abstract

Background:Parents of children with epilepsy face enormous problem of caring is an enduring stressor and causes considerable amount of burden and reduce coping abilities. The aim of study: to evaluate the effect of psychoeducational program on coping strategies among parents having children with epilepsy. Research design: Quasi experimental design (pre and post-test) was used to utilize in this study. Setting: The study was conducted at the neuropsychiatry outpatient clinic at El- Fayoum General Hospital Sample: Convenience sample would be selected available parents having children with epilepsy. Tools: 1sttool structured questionnaire format to assess the children and their parents characteristics as well as knowledge of parents about epilepsy 2ndtool Parents burden scale to assess parents burden 3rd tool coping pattern scale to assess adaptive attitude of parents toward their epileptic children. Results: Revealed that, there was a highly statistically significant improvement in total good knowledge score that represented as (12.9% )& (74.3%) pretest versus posttest. there was a highly statistically significant improvement in total burden items that represented as(54.3±12.97)&(38.7±6.78 ) pretest versus posttest. there was a highly statistically significant improvement in total coping items that represented as(97.24±19.18) &(109.87±17.35)pretest versus posttest Conclusion: Application of psychoeducational program for parents having children with epilepsy can help them in improving their knowledge and coping strategies to adapt with their burden Recommendation:Periodic health awareness program and psychoeducational program about epilepsy for all parents having children with epilepsy in outpatient clinic

DOI

10.21608/hijnrp.2023.186996.1060

Keywords

Epilepsy, Burden, Coping strategies, parents, children

Authors

First Name

Dalia

Last Name

Hosny

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

psychiatric mental health nursing ,faculty of nursing ,Fayoum university

Email

dah11@fayoum.edu.eg

City

Fayoum

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Volume

2

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

42146

Issue Date

2023-06-01

Receive Date

2023-01-12

Publish Date

2023-06-01

Page Start

108

Page End

122

Print ISSN

2735-5799

Online ISSN

2786-0183

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Scientific Research Periodical

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1,926

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Journal

Publication Title

Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice

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https://hijnrp.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Effect of Psychoeducational Program on Coping Strategies among Parents Having Children with Epilepsy

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Created At

28 Dec 2024