Abstract
The purpose of this study was to clarify preoperative coping behaviors and related factors of mothers whose children were awaiting radical day surgery for inguinal hernia, as well as the effects the coping behaviors have on mothers' acclimatization during and after surgery. A concept frame-work was prepared based Lazarus' stress and coping model.
Fifty-four mothers were asked to fill out a questionnaire before, during, and after surgery.“Preparing the child psychologically for the surgery”,“arranging extra-family resources and the home environment”,“obtaining medical information and environmental support for outpatients”,“facing the surgery and working at control of emotions”, and“avoiding overly optimistic emotional direction”were abstracted as mothers' preoperative coping behaviors. The factors affecting mothers' preoperative coping behaviors were“social support”,“the age of the child”,“the number of supporters”,“preoperative anxiety”, and“characteristic anxiety”.“Preparing the child psychologically for the surgery”,“facing the surgery and working at control of emotions”, and“obtaining medical information and environmental support for outpatients”positively affected the“postoperative sense of achievement in filing the role of mother”.“Preparing the child psychologically for the surgery”, had a positive influence on her“state of anxiety during the surgery”, while“facing the surgery and working at control of emotions”, had a negative affect. It was suggested that mothers need care assistance in“preparing the child psychologically for the surgery”, and in“obtaining medical information and environmental support for outpatients”.
