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Shame Feeling in the Parents of Children with Diabetes Mellitus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

E. Albani ,
E. Kotrotsiou ,
M. Gouva ,
A. Bargiota ,
G. Hadjigeorgiou ,
T. Paralikas  and
S. Kotrotsiou
E. Albani
Affiliation:
Nursing, Karamandanio General Pediatric Hospital, Patra, Greece
E. Kotrotsiou
Affiliation:
Nursing Postgraduate Program in Primary Health Care-Research Laboratory of Care, University of Applied Sciences of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
M. Gouva
Affiliation:
Nursing Research Laboratory Psychology of Patients Families and Health Professionals, University of Applied Sciences of Epirus, Ioannina, Greece
A. Bargiota
Affiliation:
Medicine Postgraduate Program in Primary Health Care, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
G. Hadjigeorgiou
Affiliation:
Medicine Postgraduate Program in Primary Health Care, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
T. Paralikas
Affiliation:
Nursing postgraduate Program in Primary Health Care, University of Applied Sciences of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
S. Kotrotsiou
Affiliation:
Nursing postgraduate Program in Primary Health Care, University of Applied Sciences of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Abstract

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Introduction

Chronic diseases such as childhood diabetes mellitus constitute a challenge for both the affected children and their families. Childhood diabetes mellitus is characterized by complex therapeutic management and has a profound physical and psychological impact on the whole family and a number of losses for the parents.

Aim and objectives

To recognize and quantify the factors affecting shame feelings for parents of children with diabetes mellitus.

Method

A cross-sectional design was performed. A sample of 316 parents (110 men–206 women, mean age 40.6 years, SD = 6.0 ranged 17–57) participated to the present study. The questionnaire included: (a) social-demographic characteristics, (b) The Other As Shamer Scale (OAS), (c) The Experience of Shame Scale (ESS). SPSS for Windows 20.0 was used for the statistical analysis.

Results

Age and the place of residence of the parents, the duration and the severity of disease were identified as significant multivariate factors on internal and external shame.

Conclusion

Feeling of shame consist a significant psychological burden of the parents with children suffering from diabetes mellitus. Screening for psychological distress in parents of children is indicated, and preventive interventions are needed, targeted according to the increased needs as suggested in the research results.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster Walk: Psychopathology and Psychotherapy
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S264
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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