Sidig Eman Awad, Aljohani Khalid Abdullah, Fadlalmola Hammad Ali, Hamed Riyadh Alamin
Department of Family and Community Health Nursing, Khartoum University, Faculty of Nursing, Khartoum, Sudan.
Department of Community Health Nursing, Taibah University, Nursing College, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia.
Sudan J Paediatr. 2022;22(1):19-26. doi: 10.24911/SJP.106-1625340484.
Autism spectrum disorder is a collection of developmental abnormalities that can lead to significant social, communicative and behavioural challenges. A nurse is critical in establishing a parent's level of autism awareness and coping skills. Our purpose was to evaluate how a parenting program for mothers influenced their ability to manage with autistic children. Quasi-interventional research, before and after the program was done. A total of 70 mothers of autistic children were enrolled in Khartoum State's five autism centres. The Short Form Parenting Stress Index was used to measure the level of stress and burden experienced by mothers caring for children with autism. The study showed that 31.4% of mothers had a good score in physical care skills before the intervention and 50.0% after the intervention. The mean scores of stresses pre-training 134.48 decreased to 64.1 post training program. In the pre-training program 42.90% of the mothers used problem focus coping strategy and the post-training program represented 92.85%. The educational health and counselling program played an important role in improving mothers' ability to cope with their autistic children.
自闭症谱系障碍是一系列发育异常，可导致严重的社交、沟通和行为挑战。护士对于确定家长对自闭症的认知水平和应对技能至关重要。我们的目的是评估针对母亲的育儿项目如何影响她们管理自闭症儿童的能力。在项目实施前后进行了准干预研究。喀土穆州的五个自闭症中心共招募了70名自闭症儿童的母亲。采用简式育儿压力指数来衡量照顾自闭症儿童的母亲所经历的压力和负担水平。研究表明，干预前31.4%的母亲在身体护理技能方面得分良好，干预后这一比例为50.0%。训练前压力的平均得分134.48在训练项目后降至64.1。在训练前项目中，42.90%的母亲采用问题聚焦应对策略，训练后项目中这一比例为92.85%。教育健康和咨询项目在提高母亲应对自闭症儿童的能力方面发挥了重要作用。
