Association Between Parenting Stress and Functional Impairment Among Children Diagnosed with Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
The objective of this study was to examine the association between parenting stress and functional impairment among children with Neurodevelopmental Disorder (NDD). A sample of 150 parents of children diagnosed with NDD were recruited from schools that offer special education services. Parents completed a self-administered survey containing the parenting stress index-short form (PSI-SF) scale and the Columbia Impairment Scale. The multiple logistic regression conducted to compare those with clinically significant PSI-SF scores indicated that the risk of parents with clinically significant scores of parenting stress increased 5.5 times with functionally impaired children with NDD. Further the risk of stress increased 4.6 times when these parents reported having their own disorder/disease. The risk of stress was reduced by 57% for those who had higher than a college level education compared to those with a college level education or below. These findings might help health care providers to initiate early intervention strategies such as peer support and education that can prevent parenting stress and reduce the risk of potential incidence of depression.
College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, P. O. Box 6800, Buraidah, 51452, Saudi Arabia.
Yasser S
YS
Almogbel
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, 85 North Danny Thomas Boulevard, Memphis, TN, 38103, USA.
Rohit
R
Goyal
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, 1441 Moursund St, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. ssansgiry@uh.edu.
Sujit S
SS
Sansgiry
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D065886:Neurodevelopmental Disorders; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Children with disabilities; Impairment; Neurodevelopmental disorder; Parenting stress