The determination of the fear of COVID-19 and related factors of parents applying to the hospital for their children

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 39 Sayı: 3, 392 - 400, 29.12.2023

Dilek Menekşe , Öznur Tiryaki , Nursan Çınar

https://doi.org/10.53490/egehemsire.1169383

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Objective: The study was conducted to determine the fear of COVID-19 and related factors of parents applying to the hospital for their children.
Method: The study was carried out in a teaching and research hospital in XXXX province of XXX between December 2020 and February 2021. The study sample consisted of a total of 291 parents, including 179 mothers and 112 fathers who applied to the hospital for their children, agreed to participate in the study, and filled out the data collection forms completely. The data were evaluated with the SPSS program, using percentages, averages, the t-test, and ANOVA.
Results: The research is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. Of the parents participating in the study, 61.5% were mothers and 38.5% were fathers. The mothers' mean score of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale was found to be statistically significantly higher (20.93±6.51) compared to that of fathers (16.96±7.40)(t=4.795 p=0.000). The fear of COVID-19 of parents of children receiving inpatient treatment and care in the clinic was more than the fear of COVID-19 of parents of children benefiting from the outpatient service. A significant difference was determined between the total score averages of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale of mothers and fathers, respectively, and the fear of COVID-19 transmission from the hospital to their children and themselves, refraining from coming to the hospital due to the pandemic.
Conclusions: It was revealed that the fear of COVID-19 was high in mothers and parents of children who received inpatient treatment in the clinic.

Anahtar Kelimeler

COVID-19, fear, parents, pandemic

Destekleyen Kurum

Yoktur

Proje Numarası

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Teşekkür

The authors thank parents who participated in this study.

Hastaneye Çocuğu için Başvuran Ebeveynlerin Kovid-19 Korkusu ve Ilişkili Faktörlerin Belirlenmesi

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Amaç: Çalışma hastaneye çocuğu için başvuran ebeveynlerin kovid-19 korkusu ve ilişkili faktörlerin belirlenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır.
Yöntem: Çalışma Türkiye’nin Sakarya ilinde bir eğitim ve araştırma hastanesinde Aralık 2020-Şubat 2021 tarihleri arasında yürütülmüştür. Çalışmanın örneklemini hastaneye çocuğu için başvuran, araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden, veri toplama formlarını eksiksiz dolduran 179 anne, 112 baba olmak üzere toplam 291 ebeveyn oluşturdu. The data were evaluated with the SPSS program, using percentages, averages, the t-test and ANOVA.
Bulgular: Çalışma tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel tiptedir. Çalışmaya katılan ebeveynlerin %61’5’i anne, %38,5’i babadır. Annelerin kovid 19 korku ölçek toplam puan ortalamasının (20,93± 6,51) babalara (16,96±7,40) göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı derecede daha yüksek olduğu saptanmıştır (t=4,795 p=0,000). Klinikte yatarak tedavi ve bakım alan çocukların ebeveynlerinin kovid 19 korkusu poliklinik hizmetinden yararlanan çocukların ebeveynlerinin kovid 19 korkusundan fazladır. Anne ve babaların sırasıyla Kovid-19 korkusu ölçeği toplam puan ortalamaları ile hastaneden çocuğuna ve kendisine Covid 19 bulaşma korkusu, pandemi nedeniyle hastaneye gelmekten çekinme durumu arasında anlamlı derecede bir farklılık bulunmuştur.
Sonuç: Annelerde ve klinikte çocuğu yatarak tedavi gören ebeveynlerde kovid 19 korkusunun yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

COVID-19, korku, ebeveyn, pandemi

Proje Numarası

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