Mousa Mahdizadeh
Mashhad university of medical sciences, Iran
Title: Effects of Supportive Educational Program on Anxiety of Mothers of Children Undergoing the Lumbar Puncture
Biography
Biography: Mousa Mahdizadeh
Abstract
Eighty percent of hospitalized children receive invasive procedures; in spite of being short-term, they could lead to an undesirable experience and subsequent stress for the child, the parents, and health care personnel (HCP) as well [1,2].
Lumbar puncture test is one of these invasive procedures leading to extreme parental anxiety [3].
This diagnostic method is an extremely necessary as well as urgent measure in all children and infants suspected of having brain infection or infection of the brain membrane [4, 5].
LP test is highly recommended by researchers for all children referring to hospital with febrile and seizures. Due to the aforementioned fact, LP test is believed to be the best and most valid means as well as a golden standard in diagnosing Meningitis in children [6, 7]. According to the reports, approximately 2000 new patients affected by Meningitis are annually undergone the Lumbar puncture test by health care centers and hospitals of the country [8]. However, in spite of its significant role in recognizing some diseases in children, Lumbar puncture test frequently creates parental anxiety leading to avoidance and un-satisfaction of the latter to agree the aforementioned test for the children due to its invasiveness compared to other routine tests [6, 9].
The Aim of this study was to determine the impact of supportive educational program on the anxiety of mothers whose children are undergoing lumbar puncture (LP).
the present study is a randomized controlled clinical trial carried out in 2015. Sixty mothers of children undergoing lumbar puncture and hospitalized 3educational hospitals of Mashhad, Iran, were randomly divided to control group (n=30) and intervention group (n=30). The intervention group received supportive program during a session of 60 min. Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was selected as the research tool. Finally, data were analyzed by Chi-square test, independent t-test using SPSS v.16 software.
In this study The mean age of the mothers was 27.3±5.3 and 26.0±3.1, respectively. The mean pre-interventions maternal manifest anxiety was 51.9±6.2 and 53.4±4.3 out of 80, respectively, in the intervention and control groups. The mean post-interventions maternal manifest anxiety was 44.9±5.1 and 52.7±4.2, respectively, in the intervention and control groups. According to the results of independent t-test, significant difference was observed statistically for the mean maternal manifest anxiety between the two groups (p> 0.001).
Regarding the reduction of maternal anxiety in the intervention group, which is possible because of the attention to the emotional needs of mothers, this program can be considered as an effective method to reduce maternal anxiety before the LP test.