1. Evaluation of coping strategies of parents of children with cystic fibrosis.
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Arslan Şahbaz, Elif Ezgi and Cankurtaran, Özlem
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PATIENT compliance , *CROSS-sectional method , *ENDOWMENTS , *DATA analysis , *CRONBACH'S alpha , *QUALITATIVE research , *PROFESSIONAL practice , *KRUSKAL-Wallis Test , *SOCIAL services , *PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation , *CONTINUUM of care , *QUANTITATIVE research , *FAMILIES , *MANN Whitney U Test , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *SOCIAL case work , *CAREGIVERS , *ACQUISITION of data , *COMMUNICATION , *ABILITY , *PSYCHOLOGY of parents , *DRUGS , *SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors , *PSYCHOLOGICAL tests , *DATA analysis software , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *CYSTIC fibrosis , *WELL-being , *EMPLOYMENT , *TRAINING , *PSYCHOLOGY of the sick , *NONPARAMETRIC statistics - Abstract
This cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted to evaluate the coping strategies of parents of children with cystic fibrosis. The research sample is the parents (n: 112) who presented to Thoracic Medicine Department at Hacettepe University Pediatric Hospital between 3 April 2021 - 28 May 2021 and volunteered to participate in the study. Sociodemographic Data Form and Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory (COPE Inventory) were used in the collection of data. The study examined coping strategies according to children's characteristics such as age, sex, education, and parents' independent variables such as employment status, income status, number of individuals and children in the family, communication with other families, social and financial support. Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Research findings show that religious coping was the most frequently preferred coping strategy, and behavioral disengagement was the least commonly used coping strategy. Emotion-Focused Coping Strategies were also commonly used. Social work interventions and strategies play an important role in helping parents to adopt positive coping strategies and improve their skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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