The main aim of this paper is to associate the occurrence of psychiatric morbidity among mothers of kid with mental disabilities and mothers of kid with no disabilities, and to identify the determinants associated with psychiatric morbidity. In addition, a cross-sectional comparative study was performed in Jordan to compare the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity by using the Questionnaire among 195 mothers with mentally impaired kid identified as a study gathering, and 139 mothers with non-disabled kid as a comparative gathering. The study used Mann-Whitney U test. In addition, the incidence of psychological morbidity among moms caring for kid with mental disabilities was higher than that of non-disabled kid in the comparison category. This research therefore found the following predictors for the development of psychiatric morbidity: having more than one disabled child, having a mentally impaired child younger than 5 years of age, having an impaired child first in the order of birth, having chronic illness in addition to mental disability, and having other forms of impairment in addition to mental disability. This research also found that training mothers to care for a child with a disability has a protective impact on the incidence of psychiatric morbidity. In addition, mothers with kid with intellectual disorders have worse psychological wellbeing compared with mothers with kid with no disorders. It is proposed that the recovery services be moved from child-centered to family-centered programs by offering support services.
Volume 12 | 07-Special Issue
Pages: 1869-1874
DOI: 10.5373/JARDCS/V12SP7/20202299