Effect of Web-Based Education on Mothers' Emotional Disturbance Having Children undergoing Hemodialysis during Covid-19 Lockdown

Abstract

Background: For children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), the novel coronavirus can be considered an additional challenge in disease self-management. Emotional status disturbance can arise after a traumatic experience involving the threat of or actual death. Aim: To evaluate the effect of web-based education on mothers' emotional disturbance having children undergoing hemodialysis during the Covid-19 lockdown. Design: Quasi-experimental research design pre-posttest was utilized to achieve this study. Settings: The study was conducted at Sohag City in Egypt. Sample: A purposive sample of 200 mothers having children undergoing hemodialysis was obtained from social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp groups, 2020 which the online Google form spreadsheet was opened from the beginning of June 2020 to the end of June 2020 where it was closed. Tools for data collection: (I): A self-administered questionnaire (pre and post-test format) to assess mothers' data and mothers' knowledge about hemodialysis (pre and post-test format) and (II): Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS). The link of the survey included the questionnaire, the scales, and the educational program was sent to the respondents' women via Facebook and Whats App groups. Results: The present study revealed that there were highly statistically significant differences between mothers' knowledge and their depression, anxiety, and stress levels regarding hemodialysis during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks pre and postimplementation of the web-based education. Conclusion: the study concluded that web-based education implementation achieved significant improvements in the mothers' knowledge and has a positive effect on improving the emotional disturbance as depression, anxiety, and stress among those undergoing them during the covid-19 lockdown. Recommendations: The web-based education could be applied and carefully planned for all mothers undergoing hemodialysis as a new teaching method for proving health care.