Stress and adaptation in mothers of children with cerebral palsy

Abstract

Purpose: To determine the stress and adaptation in mothers of children with cerebral palsy. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the socio-demographics of mothers of cerebral palsy child. To find out stress and adaptation scores in mothers of cerebral palsy child and examine association among socio demographic variables, stress and adaptation scores. Methodology: The cross sectional study was chosen to carry out this study among 103 participants who were selected according to inclusion criteria. The “Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20items)” and “Psychological Adaptation Scale(PAS))” these two standard structured questionnaires were used to assess the stress and adaptation among 103 participants Results: This study found that stress and adaptation in mothers of cerebral palsy children. Among the 103 participants it was found that participant had mental stress 19% (n=32) of the participants had total score-20, 16% (n=31) of the participants had total score-16,14.60% (n=33) of the participants had total score-15, 14%(n=30)of the participants had total score-14, 11.70%(n=34) of the participants had total score-12, 5%(n=28) of the participants had total score-5, 8% (n=29) of the participants had total score-8,4.90%(n=35) of the participants had total score-5, 2.90% (n=36) of the participants had total score-3, 1% (n=51) of the participants had total score-1.Moreover,most of them mothers were 19% had severe mental stress.This study indicate 1.95% had poor adaptation, 23.41% had moderate difficulty of adaptation, 53.16% had neutral adaptation, 12.73% had good adaptation, 8.73% had excellent adaptation and there was significant association between occupation and mental stress(P=0.001), family income and mothers psychological adaptation had significant association(P=0.035). Conclusion: As mothers often involves in take care and play main role in treatment and rehabilitation care of child with cerebral palsy. If mothers always feel stress and adaptation problem for a long period of time. So early detection and proper management of this condition is essential during rehabilitation to prevent more complications and to improve their life quality. Keywords: Stress, Adaptation, CP children