Mothers' Fear and Anxiety during COVID-19 Pandemic regarding their Children Health

Autor: Eman Elsayed Bauomey Mohamed, Omaima Mahmoud, RN Joanne C. Jaramillo, Nabila Hassan Aly Abdella
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Egyptian Journal of Health Care. 12:468-478
ISSN: 1687-9546
Popis: The presence of pandemic disease as COVID-19 may increase the risk of the disease among children and can lead to several consequences such as increased fear and anxiety levels of their mothers regarding their children health. Aim: To investigate the mothers' fear and anxiety level during the COVID-19 pandemic regarding their children's health. Design: A descriptive research design was used to accomplish this study. Setting: This study was applied in Egypt at Beni-Suef City. Sample: - A total of purposive sample of 600 mothers from 5 and 25 April 2020 by using an online snowball sampling. Tools: Three online questionnaires including a structured questionnaire, fear of COVID‐19 Scale (FCV‐19S), and Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS) were used to collect data. Results: The current results revealed that women were mostly between 20 < 30 years, it was noticed that majority of mothers have experienced high fear and the majority of them had severe anxiety scores regarding their children's health. It was displayed that a significant relationship was detected between the level of (FCV‐19S) and (CDAS) scores (P =
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