Okhovat Forogh, Abdeyazdan Zahra, Namnabati Mahboobeh
Department of Nursing, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sharekord, Iran.
Department of Infant and Pediatric. Nursing and Midwifery Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
J Caring Sci. 2021 Aug 25;10(4):191-195. doi: 10.34172/jcs.2021.028. eCollection 2021 Nov.
Children are vulnerable to damage. Health problems in children, especially if necessitate hospitalization, can cause stress in their parents that may persist even long after discharge. This study aimed to investigate the effect of implementing follow-up care plans on stress in mothers of children discharged from pediatric surgical units. A quasi-experimental study was conducted on 64 mothers whose children were hospitalized in the surgical wards of two educational hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. The participants were randomly assigned into two groups of control and experimental. The data collection tools included a demographic data questionnaire and stress response inventory (SRI). The interventions were performed using a four-stage follow-up care plan. The data were analyzed using SPSS software version 13 and descriptive statistics, independent t-test, repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA), and least significant difference (LSD) test. The mean (SD) stress scores of the experimental group were 64.1 (28.8), 20.4 (12.4), and 11.6 (7.5) before, one week, and one month after the intervention, respectively. In the control group, these scores were 61.2 (29.2), 59.9 (25.5), and 46.7 (19.1), respectively. The results showed the mean score was significantly lower than that of the control group at one week and one month after the intervention in the experimental group. Our results demonstrated that a follow-up care plan can decrease the stress levels of mothers as a continuity of patient care even after discharge.
儿童容易受到伤害。儿童的健康问题，尤其是如果需要住院治疗，可能会给他们的父母带来压力，这种压力甚至在出院后很长时间仍可能持续。本研究旨在调查实施随访护理计划对儿科手术科室出院儿童母亲压力的影响。对64名母亲进行了一项准实验研究，这些母亲的孩子在伊朗伊斯法罕医科大学附属的两家教学医院的外科病房住院。参与者被随机分为对照组和实验组。数据收集工具包括人口统计学数据问卷和压力反应量表（SRI）。干预措施采用四阶段随访护理计划。使用SPSS软件版本13对数据进行分析，并采用描述性统计、独立t检验、重复测量方差分析（ANOVA）和最小显著差异（LSD）检验。实验组干预前、干预后一周和一个月的平均（标准差）压力得分分别为64.1（28.8）、20.4（12.4）和11.6（7.5）。在对照组中，这些得分分别为61.2（29.2）、59.9（25.5）和46.7（19.1）。结果显示，实验组在干预后一周和一个月时的平均得分显著低于对照组。我们的结果表明，随访护理计划可以降低母亲的压力水平，作为患者护理的延续，即使在出院后也是如此。
