Al-Eithan Muwafak H, Robert Asirvatham A, Al-Saeed Aman H
Department of Psychology, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, PO Box 64399, Riyadh 11536, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Med J. 2010 Oct;31(10):1161-5.
To explore the presence and the degree of mood problems in mothers with disabled children.
We conducted a prospective study during the period of November 2009 to February 2010, in 75 mothers (study group) with physical, mental or sensory disabled children admitted at Sultan Bin Abdul-Aziz Humanitarian City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and 35 mothers (control group) with healthy children. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to measure the mood symptoms of mothers. The demographic data of mothers were also collected.
The mean age of the children with disability was 4.8+/-3.3 and healthy children 5.3 +/- 2.3 (range 1-14) years. The mean age of mothers in the study group (n=75) was 32.3+/-7.9 and the control group was 39.9+/-7.9 years. Compared to control, mothers of disabled children scored significantly higher anxiety (4.9+/-1.9, 8.7+/-3.1, p=0.027), depression (5.4+/-2.8, 7.7+/-3.2, p=0.032), and total Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (9.8+/-3.8, 16.4 +/- 5.5, p=0.022). Compared to mothers of male disabled children anxiety, depression and the HADS scored higher in mothers of female disabled children, however, these differences were not significantly significant. There was no significant differences among mothers of children with physical, sensory or mental disability on total HADS.
Mothers of disabled children in Saudi Arabia showed higher scores of anxiety, depression, and total HADS.
探讨残疾儿童母亲情绪问题的存在情况及程度。
2009年11月至2010年2月期间，我们对沙特阿拉伯利雅得苏丹·本·阿卜杜勒-阿齐兹人道主义城收治的75名有身体、智力或感官残疾儿童的母亲（研究组）和35名有健康儿童的母亲（对照组）进行了一项前瞻性研究。采用医院焦虑抑郁量表来测量母亲的情绪症状。同时收集母亲的人口统计学数据。
残疾儿童的平均年龄为4.8±3.3岁，健康儿童为5.3±2.3岁（年龄范围1 - 14岁）。研究组（n = 75）母亲的平均年龄为32.3±7.9岁，对照组为39.9±7.9岁。与对照组相比，残疾儿童母亲的焦虑得分（4.9±1.9，8.7±3.1，p = 0.027）、抑郁得分（5.4±2.8，7.7±3.2，p = 0.032）以及医院焦虑抑郁量表总分（HADS）（9.8±3.8，16.4±5.5，p = 0.022）显著更高。与男性残疾儿童的母亲相比，女性残疾儿童的母亲在焦虑、抑郁及HADS量表上得分更高，然而，这些差异并不显著。身体、感官或智力残疾儿童的母亲在HADS量表总分上无显著差异。
沙特阿拉伯残疾儿童的母亲在焦虑、抑郁及HADS量表总分上得分更高。
