Resilience and associated factors among mothers of children with congenital heart disease at public hospital in Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2023.
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2023
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Addis Ababa University
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Introduction: Congenital heart defect (CHD) is a problem that born with birth of child that
affects the mother’s mental and physical health and also their caring and supportive
functions. Resilience is defined as the capacity to deal with and recover from adversity and
is one of the most important elements affecting health. It prevents negative consequences of
facing difficulties and life stresses, improves the quality of life, and promotes satisfaction
and mental and social health.
Objectives: To determine resilience and associated factors among mothers of children with
congenital heart disease.
Methodology: A total of 272 mothers were participated in the cross-sectional study using a
systematic sampling method. The study was taken place from February 27 to April 27 at Tikur
Anbessa Specialized Hospital, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College and Yekatit12
Hospital Medical College Cardiac clinic. The data was collected using kobo collector software
then exported and analyzed by SPSS version 25. For Descriptive presentation frequency and
percentage were used and simple linear regression and multiple linear regression was conducted
and the association in which P<0.05 was considered as significant.
Result: The total 272 mothers were participated in the study. The mean age of the mothers and
children was 33.71±5.72 and 4.26±2.74 in years, respectively. Age of child associated with
resilience by (B=1.4, 95%CI: 0.68-2.18, P<0.001). More than 2/3rd of the participants
222(81.6%) were married and live in urban areas 190(69.9%). The regression analysis showed
that social support in the dimension of friend support (p=0.011, B=0.09) and significant others
(P=0.014, B=0.08) and optimism (P<0.001, B=0.47) were associated with resilience in mothers
of children with CHD.
Conclusion: The results showed that the level of resilience in most of mothers was moderate.
Two variables, social support and mothers’ optimism, were associated with mothers’ resilience.
Investigating stressful problems and improving the resilience of mothers important to improve
the quality-of-life mothers of children with CHD and their families.
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Resilience, Social support, Heart defect, optimism