TY - JOUR T1 - STUDY OF MATERNAL ANXIETY AFTER HOSPITALIZATION OF THEIR CHILDREN, BEFORE AND AFTER HIS/HER DISCHARGE TT - اضطراب‌ مادران‌ پس‌ از بستری‌ شدن‌ کودکان‌ در بیمارستان‌، قبل‌ و بعد از ترخیص‌ آنان‌ JF - IJN JO - IJN VL - 13 IS - 27 UR - http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-234-en.html Y1 - 2001 SP - 30 EP - 34 KW - anxiety KW - anxiety of mother with hospitalized child KW - pre and post discharge anxiety of mother with hospitalized child N2 -   Background : Child hospitalization is one of the anxiety producing factors for both the child and his/her parents. Anxiety will delay the child recovery and decrease the parent's abilities in caring for their children. The anxiety may be present long after discharge.   Objective : To determine the level of maternal anxiety after child's hospitalization and also before and after child's discharge from hospital.   Design : This was a longitudinal study. The level of mother's anxiety was measured using spilbarger questionnaire at three stages of after hospitalization, before and after child's discharge .   Samples : 70 mothers of hospitalized children (age 1-3) were selected through continuo's sampling.   Results : There was a significant difference between the level of mother's anxiety after child hospitalization and before and after his/her discharge (PV= 0.000).   Conclusion : According to mother's anxiety in three stage (after hospitalization, before and after discharge) researcher recommend that nurses, take a complete demographic history of mothers at the time of admission so that they can plan a program to decrease mother's anxiety and also provide them with a telephone number so that in case of any question they can in touch after their child's discharge. M3 ER -