Research Article | Open Access
The Effects of Seizure Care Training on Anxiety and Parents Care Burden in Children with Seizure Referred to Ali Asghar Children's Hospital
Hamidreza Khoshnezhad Ebrahimi Delaram Naderi Shabahang Jafarnejad Motahare Aghajani Delavar Seyedeh Mahsa Mahmoudinezhad Dezfouli Somayeh Esmaeilian
Pages: 280-289
Abstract
Seizure is one of the most common chronic neurological diseases. Occurrence of a
chronic disease in family member is an important event for the whole family. Seizure
is often associated with social, cognitive, emotional and physical challenges. It can
have negative effects on family dynamics. Reduce the quality of life for both
caregivers and the patient.
Methods: First, through the necessary permits, the experimental and control groups
are randomly selected. In each group, 29 people were selected. The training items
included 3*30-minute sessions, performed in four consecutive weeks (one session
per week). Parents were adjusted to the meeting time and the sessions were taught
according to their circumstances, the researcher using face-to-face training talked to
parents about childhood seizure, common signs and symptoms, diagnostic methods
and treatment programs, according to the stage and condition of the child's illness.
These parents were given basic training in this area.
Results: Using paired t-test, we found that the level of anxiety before the intervention
in the experimental and control groups was not significantly different from sig = 0.11.
If we notice a significant difference in the level of anxiety after the intervention in the
experimental and control groups sig = 0.000 and we find that the training has been
effective. At the level of pre-intervention care burden with sig = 0.211 in the
experimental and control groups, we find that there is no significant difference
however after the intervention the probability value reaches 0.011 and makes a
significant difference at this level and indicates that training has been effective.