Doğuştan kalp hastalığı olan çocukların annelerinin baş etme tutumlarının depresyon düzeyleri ile ilişkisi

Abstract

Aim: To reveal the coping attitudes of mothers of children who had undergone surgery to diagnose congenital heart diseases and the relationship between these attitudes and depression levels.
 Material and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional observational descriptive study conducted in a pediatric cardiovascular surgery clinic. The study included 32 mothers of pediatric patients who were surgically treated for congenital heart diseases. Participants were assessed with sociodemographic information form, Turkish versions of the coping orientation to problems experienced inventory (COPE), and the Beck depression inventory (BDI). 
 Results: The median maternal age was 31.0 (range, 21-47) years. The median BDI score was 11 (range, 1-27), and the number of mothers with a BDI score of 17 and above was 13 (40.6%). Problem-focused coping was the most common problem-coping style used by 29 (90.6%) participants with a median score of 67.0 (range, 41.0-72.0). In addition, 10 (31.3%), 10 (31.3%), and 9 (28.1%) participants showed the highest scores for active coping, suppression of competing activities, and seeking instrumental social support subscales, respectively. There was a negative correlation between BDI score and active coping, restraint, seeking instrumental social support subscales, and problem-focused coping total scores.
 Conclusion: Our study revealed that most mothers of children with CHD used problem-focused coping more frequently. There was a negative correlation between the problem-focused coping attitude total score and the Beck Depression total scores. Interventions to target problem-focused coping could potentially protect mothers from depression.