Effect of Williams life skills training on posttraumatic growth and care ability for parents of children with leukemia / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the effect of Williams life skills training on posttraumatic growth and care ability for parents of children with leukemia.Methods:A total of 86 parents of children with leukemia were assigned to Children′s Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University from January to December 2019 who were devided into experimental group and control group according to the enrolled time, there were 43 cases in each group. The parents in the control group recieved routine nursing, the experimental group carried out 4-week Williams life skills training. The effect was assessed by Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) and Family Caregiver Task Inventory (FCTI), respectively.Results:Finally, 41 cases were included in the experimental group and 40 cases in the control group. After intervention, the personal strength, relating to others, spiritual change scores and total scores in PTGI were (21.10 ± 4.47), (19.95 ± 6.18), (5.12 ± 0.95), (73.41 ± 8.37) points in the experimental group, significantly higher than (18.38 ± 4.50), (17.60 ± 3.30), (4.65 ± 1.05), (66.13 ± 6.31) points in the control group, the differences were statistically significant ( t values were 2.117-4.420, P<0.05 or 0.01). The disease cognitive ability, basic care skills, emotional management ability, ability to seek support scores and total scores in FCTI were (5.41 ± 1.76), (4.10 ± 1.09), (6.71 ± 1.12), (5.56 ± 1.16), (38.00 ± 3.92) points in the experimental group, significantly lower than (6.60 ± 1.58), (4.63 ± 1.10), (7.58 ± 1.74), (6.33 ± 1.53), (41.18 ± 4.72) points in the control group, the differences were statistically significant ( t values were 2.164-3.286, P<0.05 or 0.01). Conclusions:Williams life skills training can effectively promote posttraumatic growth and care ability in parents of children with leukemia.