| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 護理研究所 === 83 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the stress、
coping methods and needs of parents who had children suffering
from β-thalassemia major.
By means of purposive sampling, three educational
hospital institutions from the Northern, Central and Southern
Taiwan, from which one hundred and fifty nine parents were
chosen research objects. The data analyses were conducted
by employing self-structured questionnaires to conduct the
investigations. in addition, factors analysis, T-test, GLM
ANOVA and Pearson Correlation were also employed to analyze
the data.
The study results indicated that the structural factors of
stress of the parents of β-Thalassemia major children could
be divided into four categories：
1. Stress from the child patient ;
2. Stress from medical treatment ;
3. Stress from interpersonal relationships ;
4. Stress from the family care
The intensity of stress could be considered as middle
stress. Among the four categories, the greatest level of
stress intensity improved on child''s parents comes from
" Stress from the child patient ".
The structural factors of coping methods of the child
patients'' parents could be divided into three categories：
1. Facing the problem and seeking for solutions
2. Evading the problem and resorting to self consolation
3. Realizing the problem, but reacting passively
The structural factors of the needs of the child patients''
parents could be divided into three categories：
1.Informatin seeking;
2. Psychosocial supports;
3. Financial assistance.
The parents'' stress categories, categories of coping
methods and categories of needs were all closely related.
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