A Study of Quality of Life of Mothers Having Children with Special Needs

Abstract

Introduction: Even though there is more and more written about thequality of life of mothers and families with disabled children, most ofsuch studies have been done in Western countries. In India, little hasbeen studied about the quality of life of mothers of disabled children.This study is aimed to understand the quality of life of mothers whohave children with intellectual disability (ID) or locomotor disability(LD). Families caring for disabled children encounter unique obstaclesand responsibilities compared to those caring for children withoutdisabilities.Method: In this scientific study, 300 mothers (100 mothers havingchildren with intellectual disability, 100 mothers having children withlocomotor disability, and 100 mothers having normal children) wereselected from northern India. The WHO Quality of Life Brief Tool wasadministered to assess the quality of life in variables; the scale hasfour domains with 26 items.Results: The result of the study showed that the F value for qualityof life in mothers of intellectually disabled children, children withlocomotor disabilities and normal children, the F value for quality oflife was 203.774 which was significant at 0.001 levels of significance.Conclusion: This shows that there is a significant difference in the levelof quality of life among the group of mothers of normal children andchildren with intellectual and locomotor disabilities. How to cite this article:Kumar A, Singh KK. Study of Quality of Life ofMothers Having Children with Special Needs.Chettinad Health City Med J. 2023;12(3):21-25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2278.2044.202345