Anxiety Levels of the Mothers with Children Aged Under Four with Functional Constipation

Abstract

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Relationship between Quality of Life and Adult Attachment Factors in Mothers of Children with and without Type 1 Diabetes

“…Regarding the socioeconomic profile, there was no statistically significant difference between the family income of both groups; moreover, there was also no statistically significant difference between the groups of mothers who worked outside the home. On this last point, this study differs from the literature [15,16,37], as the mothers of children with chronic diseases often leave their jobs and dedicate themselves exclusively to caring for their children. However, it should be noted that the matriarchs in this study (group A) probably continue to work outside the home due to the need to supplement their family income, since 42.2% of those evaluated had a family income in the range of one to two minimum wages.…”

“…One of the expected results of this research was that the mothers of children with DM1 who had high anxiety or avoidance scores had a worse perception of their quality of life compared to those mothers with low anxiety and avoidance scores, since the literature in the area defines that attachment behaviors are expressed in stressful situations [28], such as having a child with DM1 in infancy [15,22]. The literature states that the mothers of children with some chronic issue apparently have higher levels of anxiety than mothers of typical children, as in the study by Yildiz, Narsat, and Apaydin, in 2023 [37], which studied the presence of anxiety in the mothers of children with chronic constipation. In this study, it was found that the more episodes of constipation the child had, the more anxious the mother was.…”

“…Despite this finding, 64.44% of the evaluated mothers in group A answered that they had completed or incomplete higher education, in addition to the fact that 24.4% of those evaluated in this group declared that they had technical training. The literature points out that maternal education is a key point for the treatment of children with chronic diseases, due to the greater demand for medical care, in addition to being positively associated with a reduction in child malnutrition [18,25,31,32,[35][36][37].…”