الفهرس 
Hemodialysis
Overview about School Age ChildrenOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Loss of renal function requiring hemodialysis leads to dramatic life changes that would expected to be stressful and to require major coping efforts. Aim of the study : was to assess the stressors and coping style of school age children on hemodialysis therapy. Research design. A descriptive design was used in carrying out this study settings:. The study was conducted at Pediatric Hemodialysis Units in Children Hospital affiliated to Ain Shams University Hospitals and, Elzahraa Hospital, affiliated to Azharaa University. Subjet : A purposive sample consisted of sixty children on Hemodialysis who attained hospital in the previously mentioned Tools for data collection: three tools were involved; A structured interviewing questionnaire sheet to assess children‘s knowledge about disease, Hospital stressors scale to assess stressors facing children on Hemodialysis, and Jalowiec and Powers Coping Behavioral scale to assess coping Behavioral of children on Hemodialysis. Results: The study revealed that, the majority of the studied children had poor total knowledge regarding renal failure and hemodialysis and the highest percent of the studied children have moderate social stressors and psychological stressors. The majority of the studied children had negative coping style. Conclusion: Based on the study finding it was concluded that, there is a negative correlation between coping style of the study children and their stressors among children undergoing hemodialysis with statistical significant difference. Recommendations: It was recommended that, Health care organizations should develop inters- professional collaborative care models for the delivery of comprehensive care for children undergoing hemodialysis.
Key words: End Stage Renal Diseases, Hemodialysis Therapy, Stressors, Coping Style, School Age Children.