Correlative analysis between anxiety and coping mode of parents of children with airway foreign bodies

VernacularTitle:气管异物患儿父母术前焦虑状况与应对方式的相关性分析
Author: Huiling ZHAO ; Rong YU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Foreign Bodies; Anxiety; Child; self-rating anxiety scale; coping style questionnaire; parents
From: Chinese Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2016;23(6):328-330
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To investigate the correlative between anxiety and coping mode of parents of children with air way foreign bodies. METHODS Self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and simplified coping style questionnaire (SCSQ) were used to investigate the anxiety level and coping mode among 212 parents of children with airway foreign bodies. RESULTS The SAS scores of parents of children with airway foreign bodies was considerably higher than China normal, there was significant difference between the two (P <0.01), the positive coping style score was higher (P<0.05), while the negative coping style score was lower than the normal (P <0.01). The SAS score was significantly and positively related to the negative coping style score (P<0.01), and not related to the positive coping style score (P>0.05). CONCLUSION The parents of children with airway foreign bodies have higher anxiety level than the norm, they often take an positive coping style.