만성질환아 어머니의 부담감과 대처에 관한 연구

A Study on the Stress and Coping of Mothers with Chronically Ill Children

  Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the stress of mothers with chronically ill children and how they cope with them. Method: One hundreds and five mothers from the pediatric wards of two medical centers in D city participated. Data collection was performed by researchers who helped mothers to fill out questionnaires. Result: Results showed that stress of mothers was a moderate degree and coping skill was also in moderate degree. Stepwise multiple regression analysis demonstrated that mother"s perception of child"s condition, frequency of hospitalization, monthly income and diagnosis were predictors of a mother"s stress which accounted for 34% of total variance of stress. Conclusion: Both stress & coping skill of mothers were a moderate degree. Mothers" stress who took care of chronically ill children were influenced by economic difficulty, secverity of disease. Most mothers showed tendency to take positive views to ease their stress.