Improving Adjustment Patterns among Children with Juvenile Diabetes

Abstract

This study was a quasi-experimental study , aimed to improve adjustment Patterns of children with juvenile diabetes through, assessing the knowledge of Children about Juvenile Diabetes , their psychosocial problems and their adjustment patterns , designing and implementing psychosocial nursing intervention program for improving their Adjustment Patterns. The study was conducted at Out-Patient Clinic of pediatric hospital, affiliated to Ain Shams University. The study involved 100 school age children with Juvenile diabetes and their accompanying mothers was recruited into this study. The inclusion criteria were Male and females School age children ( 6-12 yrs) suffering from diabetes alone .Tools of the study involved Anxiety scale and Introverted behavior scale to assess the psychosocial problems among diabetic children and questionnaire to assess the children's knowledge about Juvenile Diabetes and their psychosocial adjustment patterns . These tools were used twice pre and post intervention program. The main results showed that the psychosocial nursing intervention program was effective in improving adjustment patterns of school age children with Juvenile Diabetes. This study recommended that , continuous educational health programs should be provided for diabetics children and their caregivers about Juvenile Diabetes and how to cope with their stressors, emphasizing on early detection and management of psychosocial problems of school age children with Juvenile Diabetes and factors interfere with their adjustment