To explore the level of family burden and social support of the families with hypospadias children, and the correlation between family burden and social support.

Investigation was conducted for the parents of 318 hypospadias children who were treated in department of Pediatric Surgery, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, by accidental sampling method from January to December, 2014.Following questionnaires used for investigation were self-designed Basic Information Scale for Hypospadias Children and Their Parents, and Family Burden Scale and Social Support Rating Scale, which were normally used to investigate the family burden level and social support level caused by diseases.The score of family burden and social support were statistical analysed, also the correlation between them.The study protocol was approved by the Ethical Review Board of Investigation in Human Being of Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital.Informed consent was obtained from the parents of each participant.

A total of 318 sets of questionnaires were handed out and 318 sets of valid questionnaires were collected, the feedback rate of the questionnaires were 100%. Family Burden Scale and Social Support Rating Scale showed, the total score of family burden was (22.1±7.6) scores and the total sore of social support was (37.1±4.6) scores, and they were negatively correlated(r=-0.419, P=0.012). Specifically, family burden was negatively correlated with objective support(r=-0.513, P=0.004), subjective support(r=-0.498, P=0.032) and support utilization(r=-0.632, P=0.008).

For families with hypospadias children, the more social support they get, the less the family burden is.Health care workers should take countermeasures to improve social support level of the families with hypospadias children, and decrease their family burden.