Cases of psychological intervention by reviewing disease history of both a child with chronic kidney disease and his mother

Abstract

Two mother-child pairs reviewed their disease history with interviewers once a week for four times while in a hospital. Children completed a CMAS (Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale) and took a CAT (Children Apperception Test), and mothers completed a POMS (Profile of Mood Scale) and a TAT (Thematic Apperception Test). Children exhibited mental health since they were nearing hospital release and they were free from limitations in moving. Although both of the children exhibited good relationships, results of the CAT suggest that there may be some problems with those relationships. One of the two mothers had great troubles concerning her family members, as revealed in the TAT, and she reviewed these troubles in early periods. There are relationships where the mother is very patient but the child is not, or vice versa. There was no consistent effect of reviewing their disease history. The factors which affect children's psychology are prospect of getting out of the hospital, limitations of moving, and relationships between the patients' friends or parents. Some help is needed to adjust the relationships between the patients' friends. And mothers need some help, especially during the early period of hospitalization. Although consistent effects of reviewing their disease history were not observed, reviewing their disease history with psychological tests is useful to examine affective factors on their psychology.