<![CDATA[Thalassemia is a blod disorder which various countries pay specific attention to, both develoing and developed countries. Children with thalassemia need long-term treatment and excessive cost. It has become a burden for the family. Mother as a caregiver for thalassemia child is often confrontedby a stressful life related to the child’s illness and the following treatment as well as other couses of stress; such as fear of loss, anxiety, frustration and sadness, and overwhelmed thinking of the child’s recovery can affect the mother’s daily activities, also the quality of life. This systematic review aimed to identify the stress and quality of life of mother with thalassemia children aged 0–18 years. Articles were collected through Google Scholar, PubMed, Proquest, Ebscho databases using the keyword Stress, Qulity of Life, Mother with Thalassemia Child including both quantitative and qualitative studies. The used articles only which were full-text, written in English, and published in 2007 until 2017. There were five articles met the criteria. The results of literature review revealed that the stress faced by the mothers especially when the children must undergo the blood transfusion for once a month. Stress was shown with psychological symptoms that can affect health. The mother’s stress was assessed using the Parental Stress Scale (PSS), and for the quality of life measured by HRQOL SF-12v2, with Likert scale, the lowest score 0 and the highest 100. Found that if the mother’ quality of life also decreased. Conclusion: mothers with thalassemia children then to experience stress, resulting in both physical and psychological impact on the mothers’ health, thus affecting the quality of life. By this literature review, expected that will be more research related to stress and quality of life of mothers with thalassemia children, thus reducing stress on mothers that affect the quality of life.]]>
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