Psychosocial Adjustment of School Age Children with Type I Diabetes Mellitus | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 90, Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 1240-1257 PDF (310.89 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.240860 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Rahma Magdy Mohamed; Rania Abdel Hamid Zaki; Shimaa Saied Adam | ||
| Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University- Cairo-Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Children with type 1 diabetes mellitus need to form psychosocial adjustment in order to deal with the complex and demanding daily treatment regime and to prevent overwhelming psychological problems, for the diabetic children the diagnosis of T1DM is usually accompanied by a mild psychological crisis, these crises are usually predictors of a subsequent anxiety and/or depression event, and a lower self-esteem. Aim: To assess the psychosocial adjustment of school age children with type I of diabetes mellitus. Methods: A descriptive study design was used at pediatric hospital affiliated to Ain Shams University (Out-patient Diabetic Clinic). Sample: A convenient sample of 150 children suffering from type 1 diabetes mellitus from both sex, at age group 6 > 12 years. Tools: First tool: Interviewing questionnaire, Second tool: A semi-structured questionnaire for psychological and social problems of school age children with type1diabetes mellitus and Third tool: Psychosocial Adjustment Pattern scale for School Age Children with type1Diabetes mellitus scale. Results: Findings of the present study showed that more than half of the studied children had satisfactory total level of knowledge compared to less than half of them had unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding their disease. Moreover, more than half of them suffer from psychological problems compared with more than two fifth of them without psychological problems. Nearly three fifth of them had a moderate level of total adaptation compared to nearly one quarter of them had a high level of total adaptation. Conclusion: the study concluded that most of the studied school age children suffered from psychological problems related to type 1of diabetes mellitus ,the study also revealed that all the studied children had social issues due to type 1 of diabetes mellitus, there was positive correlation between children's psychosocial problems and their total negative & positive adjustment pattern. Recommendations Counseling intervention for school age children at outpatient clinic to illuminate their psychosocial problems regarding diabetes and promote to their psychosocial adjustment regarding their illness. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Psychosocial Adjustment; School Age; Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus | ||
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