eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Nursing Research 2378-5586 2020-04-13 8 3 372 378 10.12691/ajnr-8-3-7 AJNR2020837 article Enas Nagah Mousa Sayed-Ahmed Enasnagah@nursing.suez.edu.eg 1 Rehab Hassan KafL 2 Somaya Elsayed Abou-Abdou 3 ?Demonstrator of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal ?University, Egypt Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University, Egypt Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal ?University, Egypt Background: The sibling relationship is usually the first, most intense, and longest peer relation that an ?individual will ever have. Therefore, having a brother/sister with terminal illness poses a risk to the siblings' ?mental health because of the stress they are under and insufficient support from others. Aim: This study aimed ?to assess post-traumatic stress symptomatology among siblings of terminally ill children in Ismailia city. Design: ?descriptive design was adopted for this study. Sample: purposeful sample of eighty one siblings of children with ?terminal illness. Tool of data collection: the data was gathered through structured interview ?where the tool was divided into two parts: the first part includes: demographic characteristics of the studied ?subjects and the second part includes: The Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS). Results: All siblings of children ?with terminal illness in this study have met criteria of post-traumatic stress symptomatology (PTSS) with nearly ?half of them had severe symptoms. Conclusion: siblings of children with terminal illness are at substantial risk ?for PTSS. Recommendation: Create supporting groups for siblings as an ongoing service where siblings of ?children with terminal illness have an opportunity to meet with others in a similar situation and share their ?experiences and feelings. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajnr/8/3/7/ajnr-8-3-7.pdf siblings terminal illness post-traumatic stress symptoms