Speech impaired children. Anxiety, depression and quality of life of the mothers

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M RudolphF Rosanowski

Abstract

It is widely held that the well being of a mother significantly influences the way she brings up her child: Mothers with depression speak less to their child than healthy mothers do and so their emotional disorder has to be regarded an important cofactor for their child's speech development. On the other hand it is suspected that a mother's well being and quality of life may be influenced by her child especially in cases when the child suffers from impairment or developmental disturbance. As literature provides only little information on this topic the purpose of this study was to estimate both health related quality of life HRQOL and distinctive emotional reactions i.e. depression and anxiety in mothers of children with a speech developmental disorder. 100 mothers (age 33.4+/-5.3 years, range: 22 to 47 years) of 100 preschool children (32 girls, 68 boys; age 4.2+/-1.5 years, range 1;3 to 7;7 years) with a speech impairment were investigated. Mothers of children with cochlear hearing loss, syndromes or other developmental disorders were excluded from the study. To estimate the prevalence of anxiety disorders and depression in the mothers the German version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was used. Data from ...Continue Reading

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