Pediatrics & Therapeutics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0665
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2161-0665
+44 1478 350008
Manmeet Kaur
Chitkara University, India
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Pediatr Ther
Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the entire period. Development of executive functions or cognitive skills enables the control and coordination of thoughts and behavior for appropriate functioning. Besides being sick there are certain related factors such as changing the health care team shift s, pain due to various rendering procedures, prolonged parental separation, peer detachment and loosing of self-esteem during the course of hospitalization. It is essential to assess the psychological domain of the adolescents while caring for the physical domain (chronic illness) as treatment modalities improve with psychological well-being. Th e objective of the study was to develop a scale for assessing resilience among children with chronic diseases. Methodological research approach was used for development of an eff ective resilience assessment scale for children admitted with chronic diseases. Study was done on 100 children aged 10-18 years admitted with chronic disease in MMIMS&R Hospital, Mullana, Government Civil Hospital at Ambala and Karnal. From previous reviews of literature, expert�¢����s guidance and investigator�¢����s personal experience, a list of factors/domains were identifi ed and compared with standardized resilience scales modifi ed Delphi technique was used for content validation of resilience assessment scale with seven experts content validity was ascertained by expert�¢����s opinion and was found to be 0.71. Cronbach�¢����s alpha and inter item correlation were used to measure internal consistency of the tool, coeffi cient alpha was 0.81. Th e range of rating score was 29-145 with the assumption that higher the scores, the greater the resilience. Th e recommendations for the future research can be psychological interventions based on the comparison of resilience by resilience assessment scale by using diff erent standardized scales in order to understand the lacking domains that are responsible for resilience and hence attain the maximum level of health.
Manmeet Kaur has completed her Master of Science in Nursing in 2015. Currently she is working as an Assistant Professor in Chitkara School of Health Sciences, Chitkara University and is also pursuing PhD in Pediatrics Nursing. She has published 2 papers in international journal and has presented 1 poster in nationally credited continuing medical education (CME).