Quality of Life of Mothers and Fathers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Jordan.

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Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health Pub Date : 2023-06-05 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI:10.2174/17450179-v19-e230529-2022-40

Eiman A Ahmed, Sireen M Alkhaldi, Hamza Alduraidi, Rania A Albsoul, Mohammad Z Alhamdan

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Abstract

Background: Parenting children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is widely identified to be associated with life-long impairment in parents' quality of life (QoL). However, there has been little information on the QoL of parents of children with ASD in the Jordanian context.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the QoL among mothers and fathers who have children with ASD in Jordan and to identify factors associated with it.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, respondents were mothers and fathers of children with ASD attending autism rehabilitation centers in Amman. Data were collected from 206 participants using a validated questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, T-test, ANOVA and logistic regression, were applied.

Results: Overall quality of life was low (mean= 2.32). The physical dimension scored the highest (mean =2.79), and the environmental dimension scored the lowest (mean= 2.06). Results indicated that fathers and parents with low education reported significantly lower QoL scores (p = .024 and 0.001, respectively).

Conclusion: Among parents of children with ASD, parents at risk for low QoL were recognized. Our results can be utilized to design interventions to support mothers and fathers at risk in Jordan to enhance their QoL.

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约旦自闭症谱系障碍儿童父母的生活质量。

背景：自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）患儿的父母关系被广泛认为与父母生活质量（QoL）的终身损害有关。然而，在约旦，关于自闭症谱系障碍儿童父母的生活质量的信息很少。目的：本研究旨在评估约旦有自闭症谱系障碍儿童的父母的生活质量，并确定与之相关的因素。使用经验证的问卷从206名参与者中收集数据。采用描述性统计、T检验、方差分析和逻辑回归。结果：总体生活质量较低（平均值=2.32）。身体维度得分最高（平均值2.79），环境维度得分最低（平均值2.06）。结果表明，受教育程度低的父亲和父母的生活质量得分显著较低（分别为p=0.024和0.001）。结论：在ASD儿童的父母中，有低生活质量风险的父母得到了认可。我们的研究结果可用于设计干预措施，支持约旦面临风险的母亲和父亲，以提高他们的生活质量。

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Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

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期刊介绍： Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health is an open access online journal, which publishes Research articles, Reviews, Letters in all areas of clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health covering the following topics: Clinical and epidemiological research in psychiatry and mental health; diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of mental health conditions; and frequencies and determinants of mental health conditions in the community and the populations at risk; research and economic aspects of psychiatry, with special attention given to manuscripts presenting new results and methods in the area; and clinical epidemiologic investigation of pharmaceutical agents. Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health, a peer reviewed journal, aims to provide the most complete and reliable source of information on current developments in the field. The emphasis will be on publishing quality articles rapidly and freely available worldwide.