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Abstract
The present study aimed to assess stressors and coping strategies of mothers
having children with cancer. A descriptive design was used, the study was carried
out on 103 mothers of children with cancer at the Oncology Institute in Mansoura
City. The data were collected using three tools: Tool (I) Maternal knowledge and
medical history structure interview questionnaire. Tool (H) Stressors facing
mothers with cancer children. Tool (Ill) Coping strategies scale. The results of
this study revealed that most of mothers of studied cancer children (86.4%)
suffered from psychological stressors followed by financial stressors, stressors
related to treatment, physical stressors and social stressors (83.5%, 74.8%,
52.4%, 5.8% respectively). Also the results revealed that studied mothers of
children with cancer used both emotional and problem solving coping
strategies, most of them (68.9%) used emotional coping strategies and the
highest percentage of them (78.6%) used problem solving coping strategies. So ,
the results recommended to setting training and educational programs for
children with cancer and their mothers to alleviate their stressors and help them
cope effectively with disease of their children and its treatment modalities.