Abstract
Background: Having a child in hospital is a stressful experience for most parents, especially for mothers. In Bangladesh, the number of hospital admission of under-5 children is gradually increasing. Support from nurses can assist mothers to maintain their parenting role and promote quality nursing care. Objective: The study was conducted to assess the nursing support perceived by the mothers of hospitalized children in Bangladesh. Methods: A Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 112 mothers whose children were admitted at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Convenience sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Data was collected by using self-administered structured questionnaires including (1) The Demographic Data Questionnaires and (2) Perception of Nursing Support Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The total mean of nursing support was 3.68 (SD=.25). The findings showed that there was a statistically significant difference between mothers’education and nursing support (F=2.73, p=.033). There was a statistically significant positive relationship between child age and nursing support (r=.22, p=.019). There were statistically significant differences between a child’s gender and nursing support of mothers (t=1.99, p=.048) which means mothers who had a male child had more nursing support. Conclusion: The findings of the present study provide information for the nurses ‘that help to increase nursing support among mothers of hospitalized children in Bangladesh. Nurses can promote the quality of care and should be aware of the importance of nursing support. Further study is crucial for identifying factors influencing on nursing support perceived by the mothers of hospitalized children. It is important that nurses continue to develop their knowledge about communication and establishing parent support system.
Highlights
Hospitalization of a child is a stressful experience for parents
The results of the study are presented under following headlines: (1) Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers and theirchildren, (2) Nursing support perceived by the mothers, (3)
Relationship between socio-demographic characteristic of nursing support perceived by the mothers of hospitalized children
Summary
Hospitalization of a child is a stressful experience for parents. About 30% of children are hospitalized at least once during their childhood and, about 5% of them are admitted several times, about 5 million children are admitted annually to hospitals for diagnosis or treatment [1].According to Local Health Bulletin (2020), at Dhaka Medical College Hospital total 13,09463under five children are treated in a year including outpatientdepartment, emergency visits and admission [2].Children's hospitalization usually leads to disorganization of daily life and family environments, and family members set the child’s health and wellbeing as a priority [3].It is shown that this daily life change may be, intensely, considered a hard time for the whole family group and this tends to generate distress [4].Parents experience changes in their parental role when their child is cared for by health care professionals in an unknown environment.The nurse-mothers relationships reach far beyond the stressful experience of hospitalized children and generate more feelings of powerlessness [5]. Nurses are in a significant position to support parents as they provide care to their sick child, as they are in regular contact with parents during the child’s hospitalization [8]. A study found that nurses have an important role in assisting parents in defining their role in the relationship between them and their critically ill child.Mok and Leung (2006) found that the highest source of satisfaction for mothers was the support they received from the healthcare team [10].Trask et al (2003) found that nurses have a crucial role in assisting parents in coping with their child’s illness both during hospitalization and discharge [11]. Conclusion: The findings of the present study provide information for the nurses ‘that help to increase nursing support among mothers of hospitalized children in Bangladesh. It is important that nurses continue to develop their knowledge about communication and establishing parent support system
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