Counseling Enrichment Sessions for Adolescents with Epilepsy and Its Effect on Improving Self-Efficacy and Psychosocial Care
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
Epilepsy is a group of chronic brain conditions associated with abnormal electrical disturbance in one or more areas of the brain. It is well documented that adolescents with epilepsy are at increased risk for psychiatric symptoms.This study aimedtoevaluate the counseling enrichment sessions for adolescents with epilepsy and its effect on improving self-efficacy and psychosocial care. Study design was A quasi experimental design used in this study.Setting: study was conducted at inpatient unit and outpatient clinic of neurology department at.ShebinElkom, Menoufia University Hospital.Convenient sample of 75 adolescents suffering from epilepsy.Three tools were used to collect the required data; first: Structured interview questionnaire includes adolescent's basic datawhich include: age, gender, level of education and family history of epilepsy. Second; Seizure Self-Efficacy Scale for Children.Third; childreport of psychosocial care. Results; More than half of studied adolescents 54.7% were male, near half of them 49.3% have not complete compliance of medication. Furthermore, Total self-efficacy mean scorefor adolescents were improved after counseling sessions which was in pretest 25.2933+5.30623 in comparing with 45.2000+9.03447; total psychosocial score was improved after counseling sessions that was 39.4133+7.11317 in pretest compared to 48.8533+8533 in posttest with statistically significant difference. Also,there was positive correlation between total self-efficacy and psychosocial care after counseling sessions. Conclusion: An improvement in mean score of adolescent's selfefficacy and their psychosocial care after counseling sessions of intervention than before. Recommendation: Counseling sessions and educational efforts and reinforcement must be continuous to meet the needs of adolescentsduring various stages of the disease.
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Josephin Atef Abd El Magid Lawend, Warda El shahat Hamed, Samia A. EL Nagar
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