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TEMPERAMENT OF CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC DISEASES AND
IT’S RELATION TO THEIR PARENTS’ PREDISPOSITION AND THE NURSING CARE DURING
HOSPITALIZATION Lin MY,
Hong XR, Xu Jing Pediatric Centre of PLA, Department of Pediatrics,
Fuzhou Dongfong Hospital, Fuzhou, China Objective: Characteristics of
temperament of children is influenced by environmental factors especially
by family conditions during their progress. The aim of present work is to
analyze different characteristics of temperament of children as well as its
relation to predisposition of their parents by making use of the continuing
observation and nursing during hospitalization to try the psychiatric-
manner intervention and nursing care. Methods: Temperament of 237 hospitalized children with
chronic kidney diseases or chronic gastritis was investigated by Parent
Temperament Questionnaire (PTQ). At the same time, predisposition factors
of their parents were also investigated by a character questionnaire
formulated by Chinese National Psychophysiological Medical Co-operated
Committee. Temperaments and predispositions were determined according to
the scores resulted from the questionnaires performed by a specialist.
Children’ temperaments were divided into three types: easy temperament (E
type), difficult temperament (D type) and slow-to-warm up temperament (S
type). Predispositions of their parents were also divided into three types:
A type (with total score of TH+CH being beyond 27), B type (lower than 27)
and intermedium type (TH+CH=27). Education of the parents were divided into
three grades: junior high school and those below it, senior high school and
secondary specialty, university and beyond. A repeated questionnaire was
carried out 3 weeks after the first one to verified the confidence level of
the tests. Results
and conclusion: ①There was a
significant difference of constituent ratios between the predispositions of
parents and temperaments of the children with the majority of D type of
children in the parents of A type and E type of children mainly in the
parents of B type. ② Constituent ratios
were markedly different between those whose education of“care and understanding” and those with other manners (over-interference,
refusal and punishment). The number of children with E temperament was
greater in “care and understanding” group than in others. ③ There was no significant difference of children’ temperaments
among the three different grades of education of the parents. Intervention and nursing care: ① A comprehensive nursing care should be adopted
with the particular emphasis on either children or their parents. A
multi-communication between nurses and their patients, parents and their
children, teachers and their pupils should be recommended. ②Intervention regime should by dynamically adjusted
and a long-term connection should be built up. ③ Effort should be made on social educational
publicizing to raise the general predisposition of the families.