Quality of Life of Parents of Children with Intellectual Disabilities in Croatia

Abstract

The goal of the present study was to examine the quality of life (QOL)

A comparative study on the quality of life and resilience of mothers with disabled and neurotypically developing children in Iran

“…This finding is in line with the results of the studies performed by Rassouli et al [50], showing that mothers' interaction with children having behavioral problems and special needs affects the quality of their lives and reduces their performance. Previous studies have also shown that caring for a disabled child affects the quality of life of mothers [51][52][53][54]. These findings were revealed to be in agreement with those of the present study.…”

“…The results of the present study revealed that the level of education of mothers with disabled children affects their quality of life; thus, mothers with lower levels of education have a lower quality of life. The results of this study are in line with the studies of Klassen et al [62], Zareinejad et al [63], and Misura et al [54]. The results of the study of Gheysaranpour et al [60] on parents with a child with thalassemia showed that parents with higher education had a better quality of life.…”

“…By analyzing the results of this study, we can say that the mother's education is related to the child's health in several ways; better family income, participation in decision-making, better use of existing services, and better child care [64,65]. Also, Misura et al [54] reported that higher education usually means better J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f socio-economic status (SES), so the effect of educational level might be mediated through the influence of SES. Higher income means less exposure to emotional and physical stress and in turn, can lead to higher QOL.…”

Quality of life among parents of preterm infants: a scoping review

“…Studies performed with parents of infants with chronic diseases also suggest that other variables than infant-related factors influence the QoL of mothers and fathers, in particular factors related with characteristics of mothers and fathers and health care environment [41,48,49]. However, some of these factors were not tested by most of the studies included in this scoping review, namely those associated with parents' self-efficacy and coping strategies [41,50], maternal and paternal educational level [51] and employment status [52], family socioeconomic status [51], quality of the marital relation [40], parental health-related behaviours such as eating habits and exercise [49], use of community-based developmental resources (e.g. early intervention programs) [47] and regulation of parental leave [48].…”

Functional skills for learners with special educational needs amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

“…With the problem encountered by the parents of children with special educational needs, parental self-efficacy can be developed through parental training programmes (Hohlfeld et al, 2018). The support training programmes will create a quality of life for parents who have children with special educational needs (Misura & Memisevic, 2017).…”