| Objective1. To understand the coping style of parents of children with epilepsy, care burden and depression status quo in Changsha;2. To explore influencing factors on parents of children with epilepsy about care burden and depression;3. To study the correlation between coping style of parents of children with epilepsy, care burden and depression.MethodsThis is a descriptive study, using multi-point cross-section method, and use the questionnaire to investigate101cases of the pediatric clinical parents of children with epilepsy which are randomly selected from Xiangya Hospital, Xiangya Second Hospital, Xiangya Third hospital of Central South University and the Children’ Hospital of Hunan Province from January2012to June2012. The questionnaire includes general information questionnaire for self-prepared children with epilepsy and their parents, the Care of the burden Scale (CBI), Parents Coping Style Scale (Coping Health Inventory for Parents CHIP) and the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck Depression Inventor, BDI). All information is analyzed by SPSS13.0statistical software, using statistical methods including statistical description, the t test, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple linear stepwise regression analysis.Results1. Coping styles of parents of children with epilepsy:most frequent response used by the father and mother is to maintain family unity, cooperation, and an optimistic attitude, followed by consulting to the medical staff to exchange with other parents, and finally to seek social support, and the maintenance of self-esteem and psychological stability. The fathers and mothers of children with epilepsy believe maintaining family unity, cooperation and optimistic attitude is most useful to keep the family living a normal life, followed by consulting to the medical staff, and communicating with other parents, and finally seeking social support, and maintenance of self-esteem and psychological stability. Fathers and mothers of children with epilepsy in maintaining family unity, cooperation and an optimistic attitude and consulting to the medical staff, and there is a statistically significant difference in the frequency of use to communicate with other parents in two dimensions.2. Parents of children with epilepsy’s total care burden score is (50.31±13.49). As for the father and mother in the care burden scores and scores in different dimensions, there are no statistical differences.3. Total score of depression in parents of children with epilepsy is (17.68±9.99), depression score of the father is (15.83±9.19), depression score of the mother is (19.24±10.44). The number of who suffers from severe depression is21, accounting for20.79%, of which8fathers and13mothers; for moderate depression is26, accounting for25.74%, of which11fathers and15mothers; mild depression number is39, accounting for38.61%, with19fathers and20mothers; the number of depression or very minor is15(14.85%), including8fathers and7mothers. There is no significant difference between the fathers and mothers of children with epilepsy depression severity.4. Stepwise multiple linear regression equation analysis showed that, whether it is the only child or if they have a job is an important factor for depression in parents of children with epilepsy; parents’ religious beliefs and whether it is the only child is also an important factor for the care burden of parents of children with epilepsy. 5. The father’s coping styles in children with epilepsy is to maintain family unity and cooperation and optimistic attitude and seek social support. Maintenance of self-esteem and psychological stability were negatively correlated to their degree of depression; the mothers of children with epilepsy coping style is to maintain family unity, cooperation and optimistic attitude and seeking social support. Maintaining self-esteem and psychological stability was positively correlated to their care burden.Conclusions1.The highest frequency responses of coping styles used by the parents of children with epilepsy are to maintain family unity, cooperation, and an optimistic attitude; less will seek social support, and the maintenance of self-esteem and psychological stability. Parents of children with epilepsy have different frequencies in maintaining family unity, cooperation and an optimistic attitude and consulting to the medical staff, communication with other parents.2.Parents of children with epilepsy have a heavy care burden, but the care burden between the father and mother no difference exists.3.20.79%parents of children with epilepsy suffer from severe depression, and only14.85%parents have no depression or very slight depression, and there is no difference in the severity of depression between the father and the mother.4. Whether the child is the only child or not, as well as whether the parents are working is an important factor for depression in parents of children with epilepsy; children with epilepsy family residence and their parents’ religious beliefs are two important factors that affect parents of children with epilepsy care burden.5.The higher the using frequency of coping styles in the father of children with epilepsy, the lower is the degree of depression; the higher the using frequency of coping style in mothers of children with epilepsy, the heavier the care burden will be. |
