Gholamian Akram, Bahrami Masoud, Sherbafchi Mohammad Reza, Namnabati Mahboobeh
Student Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Department of Adult Health Nursing, Cancer Prevention Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2021 Aug 31;10:295. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1494_20. eCollection 2021.
The mental health of the mothers of the children with cancer is strongly influenced by the child's illness and treatment process. This study aimed to investigate the effect of a self-help educational program with peer group on anxiety of the mothers of the children with cancer.
This clinical trial study was conducted on 44 mothers of the children with cancer in an educational Hospital of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Convenience sampling method was performed on the eligible mothers, and using random allocation, they were divided into two groups of the intervention ( = 22) and the control ( = 22). Both groups completed the Hamilton Anxiety Questionnaire before and after the intervention. The intervention of the study was a self-help educational program with peer group that was performed in collaboration with the mothers of the children with cancer, a psychiatrist, and cancer nurses in the hospital within 3 months.
The results showed that 55% of the mothers of the intervention group had severe and very severe anxiety before the intervention, but the intensity of their anxiety was reported to be moderate after the intervention. The analysis of covariance with adjusted anxiety score in the two groups showed that the mean score of anxiety in the intervention group decreased from 22.3 to 12.3 after the intervention, showing a significant difference ( < 0.05).
The program, designed to support the mothers and guide the specialists and psychiatrists to counsel the mothers, can enhance their self-help and reduce their anxiety level.
癌症患儿母亲的心理健康受到孩子疾病及治疗过程的强烈影响。本研究旨在探讨一项同伴互助自助教育项目对癌症患儿母亲焦虑情绪的影响。
本临床试验研究在伊朗伊斯法罕医科大学教学医院对44名癌症患儿母亲进行。对符合条件的母亲采用便利抽样法，并通过随机分配将她们分为干预组（n = 22）和对照组（n = 22）。两组在干预前后均完成汉密尔顿焦虑问卷。本研究的干预措施是一项同伴互助自助教育项目，该项目在3个月内由医院的癌症患儿母亲、精神科医生和癌症护士合作开展。
结果显示，干预组55%的母亲在干预前有严重和非常严重的焦虑，但干预后其焦虑程度报告为中度。两组调整后的焦虑评分协方差分析显示，干预组干预后焦虑平均评分从22.3降至12.3，差异有统计学意义（P < 0.05）。
该项目旨在支持母亲并指导专家和精神科医生为母亲提供咨询，可增强她们的自助能力并降低焦虑水平。
