Serebral Palsili ve Sağlıklı Çocukların Annelerinin Depresyon Düzeyleri Arasında Fark Var Mıdır

Pelin PİŞTAV AKMEŞE; Akmer Mutlu; Tuncay ÖĞRETMEN; Dinçer Dalessandro Hilal

Serebral Palsili ve Sağlıklı Çocukların Annelerinin Depresyon Düzeyleri Arasında Fark Var Mıdır

Articles > Article · 2015

Authors: Pelin PİŞTAV AKMEŞE, Akmer Mutlu, Tuncay ÖĞRETMEN, Dinçer Dalessandro Hilal

STED/Sürekli Tıp Eğitimi Dergisi, Other Refereed National Journals, National, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM), 2015, vol 24, pp 83-88

Summary

AbstractObjective: Cerebral palsy (CP) is one of themost commonly observed disorders amongchildren. The prevalence of CP in Turkey is statedas 4.4 out of 1.000 births. The present studyseeks to answer two questions: Is there adifference between depression levels of mothersof children with cerebral palsy and mothers ofhealthy children, and does the severity of“cerebral palsy” affect the level of depression ofthe mother?Materials and Method: In this controlled surveythere are 71 children with cerebral palsy andtheir mothers while the control group consists of56 healthy children and their mothers. Tomeasure the level of depression, all motherswere applied the Beck Depression Inventory(BDI). The severity of cerebral palsy was assessedby using Gross Motor Function ClassificationSystem (GMFCS). Data obtained was analysedby using the programme SPSS 18,0 whilestatistical significance was measured by the valuep<0. 05.Findings: Scores of mothers of children withcerebral palsy according to the Beck DepressionInventory were found significantly higher thanthose of mothers of healthy children (p =0.003). Depression symptoms were observed in60 per cent of 71 mothers whose children hadcerebral palsy while it was 41.1 per cent amongmothers of healthy children.Conclusion: The present study will furthersupport the evidence that rehabilitation ofchildren with cerebral palsy should beaccompanied by interventions to supportpsychologically the mothers of these children.Key words: Cerebral palsy, Depression, Mother.

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