A Review of the Relationship Between the Needs of Mothers Who Have Hearing Impairment Children and Their State-Trait Anxiety Levels1
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Participants
The study was carried out on mothers of students attending a school for children with hearing impairment located in Gaziantep between February and April 2012. There are a total of 156 children at the elementary and secondary education sections of this school. Twenty-one of these children are boarding students since they do not have a family. The parents of the 135 students who live with their families were informed about the study via a telephone call. Eighty-seven families accepted to take
Sociodemographic Characteristics of Families
The mean age of the mothers taking part in the study was 39.31 ± 6.26 and the mean age of the fathers was 42.41 ± 6.72. It was observed that 57.5% of the mothers and 69% of the fathers were primary school graduates, 71.3% of the families had social security, the incomes of 75.9% of them did not cover their expenses, 67.4% of the fathers were working, 98.8% of the mothers were not working and 70.21% of the families had four or more children (Table 1).
Sociodemographic Characteristics of Children
It was found that 65.5% of the children were
Discussion
It was determined in our research that children had other problems besides hearing impairment such as chronic diseases, sight problems, walking problems and intellectual disability. In a study made carried out on disabled children with hearing impairment, it was found that 27.5% of the children had chronic diseases (Bodur & Durduran, 2009).
When data obtained from the open-ended question “Please list the five most essential needs of your family” contained in the second section of FNS in our
Conclusion
Our study results show that the greatest need of mothers of children with hearing impairment is information, especially regarding educational and social services, together with emotional support from professionals, informal and formal social networks, and support groups. It is likely that the implementation of programs for information provision and support, for families with children would be valuable. Our study results demonstrated that as the needs of the mothers having children with hearing
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This study presented as poster in 6.Ege Pediatrics and 2. Pediatric Nursing Days 2012.