{"title":"Introduction.","authors":"Girgis, El-Shenawy, Ghada Sh. Sh","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv2b07tq9.5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Aim: this study aimed to assess stress and coping styles among parents of children undergoing heart surgery. A descriptive study was used. Sample: A convenient sample of 132 parents. Setting: This study was conducted at pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and in-patient pediatric ward to open heart surgery at El-Demerdash hospital that affiliated to Ain Shams University. Tools of data collection: 1) General characteristics questionnaire containing the following parts: A) Socio-demographic characteristics and clinical data of child, B) Sociodemographic characteristics of parents; 2) Parent Stress Scale; and 3) Jalowiec Coping Scale (JCS). Results of the study: revealed that, the majority of the studied parents of children with heart surgery experienced moderate level of stress and two thirds of them had ineffective coping. Conclusion: The majority of the studied parents of children with heart surgery experienced moderate level of stress and two thirds of them had ineffective coping .also; this study concluded that there was a negative correlation between stress level and coping behaviors among the studied parents of children undergoing heart surgery. Recommendation: Applying educational interventional program for enhancement of stress and coping styles of parents of children with heart surgery.","PeriodicalId":179902,"journal":{"name":"Conjuring Up Prehistory: Landscape and the Archaic in Japanese Nationalism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Conjuring Up Prehistory: Landscape and the Archaic in Japanese Nationalism","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2b07tq9.5","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Aim: this study aimed to assess stress and coping styles among parents of children undergoing heart surgery. A descriptive study was used. Sample: A convenient sample of 132 parents. Setting: This study was conducted at pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and in-patient pediatric ward to open heart surgery at El-Demerdash hospital that affiliated to Ain Shams University. Tools of data collection: 1) General characteristics questionnaire containing the following parts: A) Socio-demographic characteristics and clinical data of child, B) Sociodemographic characteristics of parents; 2) Parent Stress Scale; and 3) Jalowiec Coping Scale (JCS). Results of the study: revealed that, the majority of the studied parents of children with heart surgery experienced moderate level of stress and two thirds of them had ineffective coping. Conclusion: The majority of the studied parents of children with heart surgery experienced moderate level of stress and two thirds of them had ineffective coping .also; this study concluded that there was a negative correlation between stress level and coping behaviors among the studied parents of children undergoing heart surgery. Recommendation: Applying educational interventional program for enhancement of stress and coping styles of parents of children with heart surgery.