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Abstract
The present study is descriptive analytic study that aiming to assess the factors that affecting maternal adaptation towards their chronically ill children, assess maternal adaptation and compare it in case of sick children with chronic physical versus intellectual illness. the study was conducted in Port Said general Hospital, El-Mebara for health Insurance hospital, asphor center for dialysis and governmental school serving mentally retarded children namely El-Tarbya ElFekrya, including 174 mothers of chronically ill children. Data were obtained through an interview with the mothers of chronically ill children using four tools, which were structured interview questionnaire, socioeconomic standards scale, copying scale and adaptation patterns scale. The results of the study revealed that 67.8% and 60.9% of mothers of mentally retarded and of physically chronically ill children had poor adaptation respectively. It was found that socio-economic standards, maternal knowledge, coping mechanisms used by mothers, scholastic achievement and dependency of the chronically ill children in some activities of daily living were the factors that affect maternal adaptation. The study recommends that coordination of the efforts between health care team and school managing systems that provide support and service for chronically ill children and their families in the form of training and educating programs is important for adaptation process.