1MPhil Trainee, Department of Clinical Psychology, LGBRIMH, Tezpur, Assam, India
2Clinical Psychologist, Department of Clinical Psychology, LGBRIMH, Tezpur, Assam, India
3Professor &Head, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, LGBRIMH, Tezpur, Assam, India
*Correspondence: Ranjan Kumar, MPhil, Clinical Psychologist, Department of Clinical Psychology, Academic Block, LGBRIMH, Tezpur-784001, Assam, India, ranjan.counsellor@gmail.com
Online published on 2 January, 2017.
Intellectual disability (ID) in children can trigger a range of psychological responses in parents. The present study was an attempt to investigate psychological conditions of mothers of children with ID and to determine whether these problems were more prominent in mothers of children with ID than mothers with healthy children.
Were to investigate psychological impact (i.e. anxiety, depression, and quality of life [QOL]) on mothers of children with ID.
Comprised of two groups of subjects, i.e. mothers of sixty children with ID and mothers of sixty healthy children. The study was conducted at the Outpatient Department of Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health (LGBRIMH), Tezpur, Assam. Both groups were assessed with Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II); State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and World Health Organization QOL-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF). Data was analysed by descriptive statistics, correlation, and t test.
The results of the study conclusively found out that the mothers of children with ID were having higher anxiety and depression than mothers with healthy children. The anxiety and depression had negative correlation with QOL of mothers of children with ID.
This study shows that anxiety and depression affected QOL in mothers of children with ID.
Mental Retardation, Caregivers, Mental Health
