TY - JOUR AU - Ramzan, Nosheen AU - Minhas, Khaula PY - 2015/08/03 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN MOTHERS OF DISABLED AND NON-DISABLED CHILDREN JF - Annals of King Edward Medical University JA - Annals KEMU VL - 20 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.21649/akemu.v20i4.680 UR - https://annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/680 SP - 313 AB - <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p><strong>Objectives:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>To find the prevalence of anxiety and depression in mothers of disabled and non-disabled children and to find the association of anxiety and depression with demographic characteristics in district Sheikhupura.</p> <p><strong>Method:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>A cross sectional comparative study was conducted to find differences in the level of anxiety and depression in both groups of mothers i.e. among mothers of disabled and non-disabled children. A con-venient sampling technique was used to select 340 mothers belonging to both groups (n = 170 in each group). Urdu version of Hospital Anxiety and Depres-sion Scale (HADS) was used to assess anxiety and depression in mothers. Data was analyzed using ANC-OVA (SPSS version 17).</p> <p><strong>Results:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>The Results<strong><em> </em></strong>of ANCOVA revealed statisti-cally significant differences (p &lt; .001) in the level of anxiety and depression in both groups of mothers.</p> <p>Ramzan N.<sup>1</sup></p> <p>M.Phil Psychology</p> <p>Government Special Education Centre, 142 - Asif Park, Main GT Road, Ferozwala, District Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan</p> <p>Minhas K.<sup>2</sup></p> <p>Masters in Special Education</p> <p>Government Special Education Centre, 142 - Asif Park, Main GT Road, Ferozwala, District Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan</p> <p>Majority of mothers (78%) belonging to children with disability had anxiety. Only 52% mothers belonging to non-disabled children had anxiety. Similarly, as com-pared to 46% mothers of non-disabled children, 76% mothers belonging to children with disability had dep-ression. Correlation analysis revealed a significantly positive relationship of anxiety and depression with mothers' age (<em>p </em>&lt; .05) and statistically significant in-verse relationship with disabled child's age, mothers' educational (<em>p </em>&lt; .01) and family income status.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>As the disabled child advances in age, mother better understands the demands of raising a disabled child and thus can cope with these demands affectively and with lesser anxiety. Implications of the study would assist psychologists in devising techni-ques for reducing level of anxiety and depression in mothers of disabled children.</p> <p><strong>Key words:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>Anxiety, Depression, Children with dis-abilities</p> ER -