Mother's Coping among Primary School Child with Down Syndrome | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 30, Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2022, Pages 409-422 PDF (406.6 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.218469 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Amany Samir Mahmoud1; Nadia Hamed Farahat2; Amal Ibrahim Fouad3; Mona Abo Baker Abd ElLatif4 | ||
| 1B.Sc., Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University. | ||
| 2Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of nursing- Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Assist Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of nursing-El- Fayoum University | ||
| 4Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Down syndrome (DS) or Down's syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. When mothers of children with DS experience stress, they use certain strategies to cope with this stress to regulate their emotions. Aim of this study: to assess mother's coping among primary school child with DS. Design: A descriptive study design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at three special needs schools (ALtarbih ELfikria) at Fayoum governorate. Sample: A purposive sample was used, they were 95 mothers, and their children. Data collection tools: First tool structured interviewing questionnaire, to assess demographic characteristics of mothers, children, history of DS child, and to assess mother’s knowledge about DS. Second tool: physical examination sheet for DS children. Third tool: mothers' coping scale. Fourth tool: mothers' needs scale. Results: The study results showed that, three fifths of mothers had negative coping patterns, in which more than two fifths of them never able to cope with their children disability also, study results reported that the economic needs were most important needs for mothers. Conclusion: More than two-thirds of mothers had unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding of Down syndrome. Religious and doctrinal coping was the most coping strategy used by mothers, in which more than half of mothers were always able to cope religiously. Recommendation: Provide premarital counselling including necessitate investigation, insure proper antenatal care for pregnant women and provide educational program to parents with DS child and encourage them to participate in mentoring programs and receive rehabilitation services for their children. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Down Syndrome – Coping pattern – primary school child; mothers' needs for caring child with DS | ||
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