This study is focused on the presentation of the preparatory data for effective family-centered nursing for a chronically ill child to help them to a successful adjustment of the society by finding out the family fuctioning and monther supporting
in a
family with a chronically ill child and the relationships between family fuctioning and mother supporting.
The subjects of the study consisted of the mother of 145 chronically ill child with asthma, epilepsy, congenital heart disease, nephrotic syndrom, and leukemia in the city of Taejon.
The tool used in this study was structured questionaire which was prepared to suit the purpose of the study referring to Press and Satterwhite's Family Fuctioning index, Olsen et al's Family Strengths, Sheafer and Bell's The Parent Attitude
Research
Inventory.
The survey was preformed from 12th September to 8th October, 1991.
@ES The result were analyzed by S.P.S.S. computer program and summerized as follows ;
@EN 1. The mean of family functioning score showed 3.38 (S·d:0.44), intermediate. The mean of family strength score showed 3.61 (S·D : 0.57), above the middle. The mean of family adaptation score showed 2.98 (S·D : 0.55), below the middle. The
mean
of mother supporting score showed 3.62 (S·D : 0.65), above the middle.
2. There was significant correlation between family functioning and family strength (r=.3274, P<0.001), between family functioning and family adaptation (r=,4318, P<0.001), between family adaptation and mother supporting (r=.3560, P<0.001).
3. The relationship between general characteristics and family functioning showed a satatistically significant difference in term of relationship with the spose (F=16.9612, P<0.001), conversation for chronically ill child's future (F=11.2011,
P<0.001),
birth weight of chronically ill child (F=5.0430, P<0.001), father's of education level (F=4.6960, P<0.01), mother's education level (F=3.4703, P<0.05), occupation of father (F=3.1058, P<0.05), housing (F=4.5129, P<0.05), oder of chronically ill
child
(F=3.2139, P<0.05) seriousness of symptom (F=4.7369, P<0.05). The relationship between the general charcteristic and family strength showed a statistically significant difference in term of father age (F=3.4223, P<0.05), prenatal care (T=-2.10,
P<0.05),
relationship with spouse (F=4.4261, P<0.05). birth weight of chronically ill child (F=2.6481, P<0.05). The relationship between the general charecteristics and family adaptation showed a statistically significant difference in term of father's
education
level (F=11.5500, P<0.001), occuption of father (F=8.0026, P<0.001), monthly income (F=7.7793, P<0.001), housing (F=9.0306, P<0.001), father age (F=2.9310, P<0.01), father's religion (F=3.8941, P<0.01), number in family (T=3.13, P<0.01), prenatal
care
(T=3.01, P<0.01), oder of chronically ill child (F=5.0677, P<0.01), mother's religion (F=3.1048, P<0.05), relationship with spouse (F=3.0938, P<0.05). The relationship between the general chracteristics and mother supporting sowed a statistically
significant difference in term of father age (F=5.7448, P<0.001), mother age (F=6.3837, P<0.001), father's education level (F=5.8633, P<0.001), mother's education level (F=7.3020, P<0.001), number of children (F=7.7779, P<0.0001), conversation
for
chronically ill child's future(F=7.4927, P<0.001), age of chronically ill child (F=8.7188, P<0.001), occuption of father (F=3.3240, P<0.01), oder of chronically ill child (F=3.0178, P<0.05), number in family (T=2.48, P<0.05), diagnosis (F=3.0178,
P<0.05).
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