Investigating the Relationship Between Spiritual Attitude and Coping with Stressful Conditions in Mothers of Children with Epilepsy in Selected Hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in 2019

Background: Epilepsy is often associated with permanent stress due to being chronic.Therefore, mothers need to know strategies for reducing or coping with stress and its associated factors. Spiritual attitude is one of the strategies to deal with stress.The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual attitude and coping strategies in mothers of children with epilepsy in Mashhad. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was performed on 100 mothers of children with epilepsy admitted to Imam Reza Hospital, Dr. Sheikh Hospital and Akbar Hospital. Data collection was done through a three-part questionnaire(demographic characteristics,spiritual attitudes of God,and Endler and Parker stress coping strategies. The questionnaires were completed by families. Data were analyzed by SPSS 20 software and descriptive statistics).Chart, frequency distribution tables, and descriptive and inferential indices(chi-square, independent t-test,paired t-test) were analyzed. Findings: The results showed that mothers who had better spiritual beliefs were significantly (P=0/004) than mothers who had spiritual beliefs, spiritual behaviors and those who had social pretensions. And mothers who made social pretensions showed the least effort to cope with stress. The results also showed that 45% of mothers choose avoidance or avoidance in stressful situations, 40% choose emotion-focused coping,and 15% choose problem-focused coping.Spearman correlation coefficient showed that there was no significant relationship between spiritual attitude score and its domains in mothers with child birth rate and family economic status. As well as the age of children with maternal emotion-focused coping (P<0/001).And avoidance (P<0/01). There was a significant inverse relationship.The number of children in the family was not significantly correlated with any of the different coping strategies. Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between spiritual attitude and strategies for coping with stress and it can be influenced by choosing the appropriate strategy for coping with stress and increasing mothers attitude toward epilepsy and increasing their positive attitude toward epilepsy. The process of treating the patients has changed.

کلیدواژه ها:

Epilepsy ، stress ، spiritual attitudes ، parents