Stressors and Coping Style of School Age Children On Hemodialysis Therapy

Abstract

Loss of renal function requiring hemodialysis leads to dramatic life changes that would expected to be stressful and to require major coping efforts. The child’s ability to cope with the disease influenced by many factors such as the quality of family relationship, life development stage, cultural values, beliefs, communications, technological development and economic status (Devins et al., 2010). AIM OF STUDY This study aimed to assess the stressors and coping style of school age children's on hemodialysis therapy. RESEARCH QUESTIONS • What are the types of stressors that children's suffering from CRF experienced? • What are the levels of copping in children's suffering from CRF? • What is the effect of children's characteristics on their coping? The subject and methods of the current study were portrayed under four main designs as following: I. Technical Design II. Operational Design