- Title
- The relationship between psychological distress and religious practices and coping in Malaysian parents of children with thalassemia
- Creator
- Chong, Li Tsu; Chong, Mei Chan; Tang, Li Yoong; Ramoo, Vimala; Chui, Ping Lei; Hmwe, Nant Thin Thin
- Relation
- Journal of Pediatric Nursing Vol. 48, Issue 1 September 2019, p. e15-e20
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2019.05.016
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Study purpose: This study was conducted to examine the relationship between religious practice, religious coping methods and psychological distress among parents caring for children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia. Design and methods: This is a cross-sectional survey. Data were collected on 162 parents of children diagnosed with thalassemia aged 12 years and younger in thalassemia day care centers of three public hospitals in Sabah, Malaysia. Data were collected using questionnaires, including General Health Questionaire-12 (GHQ-12), Duke University Religion Index (DUREL) and Brief RCOPE. Results: Forty-two percent of parents had psychological distress with GHQ score ≥ 3 (mean score of 2.85 ± 3.17). Ninety-five percent of parents used positive religious coping methods (mean P-COPE score 22.35 ± 2.33) more than negative religious coping methods (mean N-COPE score was 12.19 ± 5.23). They used Organized Religious Activities (mean ORA score of 4.20 ± 1.27), and Non-Organized Religious Activities (NORA, the mean was 4.17 ± 1.37). Positive and negative religious coping methods were significantly related to parents' psychological distress (P-COPE and GHQ-12 scores (rs(df) = 0.19, p< .05; N-COPE and GHQ-12 scores rs(df) = 0.38, p < .001)). Conclusion: The study findings showed the parents experienced psychological distress. They used positive religious coping methods more than negative religious coping methods. Psychological distress was significantly related to organized religious activities, non-organized religious activities and positive and negative religious coping methods. Practice implication: The study findings facilitate understanding of psychological distress and how parents use religious coping strategies to deal with the stress caring for their child.
- Subject
- thalassemia; psychological distress; religious practice; religious coping
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1451662
- Identifier
- uon:44242
- Identifier
- ISSN:0882-5963
- Language
- eng
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