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KMID : 0892720000040020219
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health
2000 Volume.4 No. 2 p.219 ~ p.231
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Uncertainty, Stress and Anxiety of Mothers about Disease of Child
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Park Kyong
Kam Sin
Hah Jeong-Ok
Park Ki-Soo
Kang Yoon-Sik
Kim Sang-Woo
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Abstract
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This study was performed to examine the uncertainty, stress, and anxiety of the mother with a sick child. A self-administered questionnaire survey was carried out for 167 mothers.
The mean uncertainty score adjusted by age of child was 56.0 in the mothers with the children suffering from cancer and 50.4 in the mothers of sick children with other disease than cancers. The mean stress score adjusted by age of child was 106.0 in the mothers of the children with cancers and 70.5 in the mothers of sick children with other disease than cancers. The mean anxiety score adjusted by age of child was 53.6 in the mothers of the children with cancers and 49.9 in the mothers of sick children with other disease than cancers.
In bivariate analysis, uncertainty score in the mothers of sick children without cancers was significantly different according to the age of the child, mother´s perception of the severity for child´s disease. The stress score was significantly different according to the perceived health status of the mothers of the child with cancer and significantly different according to the age of the child, mother´s perception of the severity for child´s disease, admission numbers of child, and the perceived health status of the mothers of sick children without cancers. Anxiety levels were significantly different according to the children´s ages, economic status of the family of the mothers of children with cancers and significantly different according to the ages and admission numbers of the children in the mothers of sick children with other disease than cancers.
In multiple regression analysis, uncertainty scores in the mothers of sick children without cancers were higher in the cases of older than 7 years of ages and when mother´s perceived severities for children´s diseases were increasing. Stress scores in the mothers of children with cancers were higher when mother´s perceived health status was not healthier and in the mothers of sick children without cancer, stress scores were higher as admission numbers of child and uncertainty scores were increasing, and when mothers´ perceived health status was not healthier. Anxiety scores in the mothers with children suffering from cancers were higher in the cases of older than 7 years of age and as uncertainty scores were increasing. In the mothers of sick children without cancers, anxiety .scores were higher as uncertainty scores were increasing.
In consideration of above findings, it appears that controlling the uncertainty of the mothers with sick children is necessary for an improved and efficient nursing intervention.
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KEYWORD
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mothers of sick children, uncertainty, stress, anxiety
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