Depression and Quality Of Life In Mothers Of Children With Cerebral Palsy
Depression and Quality Of Life In Mothers Of Children With Cerebral Palsy
Keywords:
cerebral palsy, depression, quality of lifeAbstract
Introduction: Children with cerebral palsy suffer from several problems like impaired gross motor development, balance, locomotion, sensory integration dysfunction. So family especially the mothers undertake a lot of stresses & social and emotional difficulties. Aims And Objective: To evaluate depression and quality of life in mothers of children with cerebral palsy. Material And Methods: 30 mothers of children with CP coming to pediatric physiotherapy OPD of V.S. hospital assessed with BDI-II measuring severity of depression and SF-36 measuring Quality of life. Data was analyzed by calculating mean and standard deviation.
Results: 70% of mothers of children with CP suffering from mild to moderate level of depression and have affected QOL. Conclusion: our study has showed prevalent depression and affected QOL in mothers of children with CP.
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