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- Title
Parental perceptions of congenital cardiovascular malformations in their children.
- Authors
Ezzat, Sameera; Saeedi, Osamah; Saleh, Doa’a A.; Hamzeh, Hala; Hamid, Mohamed A.; Crowell, Nancy; Boostrom, Camille; Loffredo, Christopher A.; Jillson, Irene A.; Saleh, Doa'a A
- Abstract
We assessed parental attitudes towards congenital cardiovascular malformations in their children in a cross-sectional study in Egypt. Parents face many problems related to concerns about their child’s prognosis, but these associations with parental stress have never been evaluated in Egypt or examined in relation to religiosity in a predominantly Muslim society. Accordingly, we conducted interviews in Cairo with mothers of 99 sequential infants born with conotruncal heart malformations (cases) and 65 mothers of age-matched controls. The survey assessed healthcare access and usage, knowledge of congenital cardiovascular malformations, religiosity, the Locus of Control Scale, and the Parenting Stress Index. Results showed that 45% of the mothers of cases had correct knowledge about their child’s diagnosis; 85% were satisfied with the clinical care; and 79% reported that the cost of care was burdensome. Compared with parents of cases, parents of controls were more likely to report stress overall and all its subscales. Regarding belief about locus of control over health, God as a determining factor was given the highest endorsement. Mothers in the congenital cardiovascular malformations group reported a higher level of parental locus of control than did those in the control group. The correlations between stress and locus of control were stronger in the control than in the case group. Religiosity was related neither to stress nor to locus of control. Future studies can explore the roles that personal, familial, and societal factors play in exacerbating or reducing stress levels among parents of sick children, particularly in developing countries where economic pressures are acute.
- Subjects
EGYPT; CONGENITAL heart disease in children; MEDICAL care costs; PHYSIOLOGICAL stress; SOCIAL medicine; CONGENITAL heart disease diagnosis; HEALTH attitudes; PSYCHOLOGY of mothers; PARENTING; PRAYER; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; CROSS-sectional method; CASE-control method
- Publication
Cardiology in the Young, 2016, Vol 26, Issue 6, p1158
- ISSN
1047-9511
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/S104795111500253X