Accident Related Psychological Problems of Children at Three Selected Hospitals in Addis Ababa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Taddese, Sintayehu (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Haile, Amanuel | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-19T11:17:23Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T16:16:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-19T11:17:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T16:16:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main objective of this study was to examine accident related psychological problems of children at three selected hospitals in Addis Ababa. The study also aimed at finding if there are age, sex and accident type differences in exposure to the ps ychological problems(Anxiety, Emotional Distress and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Score}. Investigation of the p s y chological services in the three hospitals was also another objective. To meet these objectives, 100 victimed children, 100 ' parents of children participants and 20 health professionals were purposively selected and included in the sample. Three scales measuring the psychological problems (anxiety, emotional distress and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms) and two stru ctured interviews were used as instruments. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were used to analyze the data obtained through the scales and interviews. Percentage results showed that 75% victimed children s howed clinically s ignificant level of anxiety while 98% had clinically significant level of emotional distress. Se vere . posttraumatic stress symptom was exhibited in 61 % of the cases. Results from the analysis of variance indicated that there were no statistically significant age, sex and accident type differences in experiencing anxiety, emotional distress and posttraumatic stress disorder symptom levels. The main and interaction effects of the three way ANOVA also came up with statistically non significant results. Interview results with health professionals and parents of participants s howed the absence of counseling services In the three hospitals. Recommendations and implications of the study are indicated | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/1649 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Psychological Problems | en_US |
| dc.title | Accident Related Psychological Problems of Children at Three Selected Hospitals in Addis Ababa | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |