Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité Trauma Psychologique Religieux

The Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Religious Practices and Coping in Malaysian Parents of Children with Thalassemia.

Chong LT, Chong MC, Tang LY, Ramoo V, Chui PL, Hmwe NTT

J Pediatr Nurs . 2019;48 :e15-e20

📅 01/01/2019 PMID : 31213340 DOI : 10.1016/j.pedn.2019.05.016

Résumé

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 (r (df) = 0.19, p 