Mothers' Fear and Anxiety during COVID-19 Pandemic regarding their Children Health

Elsayed Bauomey Mohamed, Eman; Hassan Aly Abdella, Nabila; C. Jaramillo, Joanne; Ezzat Mahmoud, Omaima

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2021.200587

Mothers' Fear and Anxiety during COVID-19 Pandemic regarding their Children Health

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

² Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University

³ Nursing Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Faisal University, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia

⁴ Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni- Suef University

10.21608/ejhc.2021.200587

Abstract

The presence of pandemic disease as COVID-19 may increase the risk of the disease among
children and can lead to several consequences such as increased fear and anxiety levels of their
mothers regarding their children health. Aim: To investigate the mothers' fear and anxiety level
during the COVID-19 pandemic regarding their children's health. Design: A descriptive research
design was used to accomplish this study. Setting: This study was applied in Egypt at Beni-Suef
City. Sample: - A total of purposive sample of 600 mothers from 5 and 25 April 2020 by using an
online snowball sampling. Tools: Three online questionnaires including a structured questionnaire,
fear of COVID‐19 Scale (FCV‐19S), and Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS) were used to
collect data. Results: The current results revealed that women were mostly between 20 < 30 years,
it was noticed that majority of mothers have experienced high fear and the majority of them had
severe anxiety scores regarding their children's health. It was displayed that a significant
relationship was detected between the level of (FCV‐19S) and (CDAS) scores (P = <0.05).
Conclusion: The studied mothers were worried, afraid, and anxious that Covid -19 affected their
children's health. Recommendations: Provide mothers with a well-planned health program to
improve their knowledge regarding Covid -19 and providing strategies for early diagnosis and
possible interventions is essential to support and help in psychological adjustment.

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