A STUDY TO ASSESS THE BURDEN OF CARE AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG MOTHERS OF CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN A SELECTED SPECIAL CHILDREN'S SCHOOL OF BHOPAL

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:

1. To assess the burden of care among Mothers of children with developmental disabilities in a selected special children's school of Bhopal.
2. To assess the coping strategies among Mothers of children with developmental disabilities in a selected special children's school of Bhopal.
3. To find an association between burden of care and coping among Mothers of children with developmental disabilities with their demographic variables
4. To find correlation between burden of care and coping strategies among Mothers of children with developmental disabilities.

HYPOTHESES

H1. There will be significant association between burden of care among Mothers of children with developmental disabilities and their demographic variables.

H2. There will be significant association between coping strategies among Mothers of children withdevelopmental disabilities and their demographic variables

H3. There will be significant correlation between burden of care and coping strategies among Mothers ofchildren with developmental disabilities.

SETTING: The study was conducted Swavlamban School of Bhopal (M.P.).

Sample size: The sample size was 60 Mothers of children with developmental disabilities

Sampling technique: The convenient sampling technique was used.

Method of data collection procedure: Data were collected from Mothers of children with

Developmental disabilities to assess the burden of care and coping by using Burden scale for family care and coping strategies inventory. The collected data were tabulated and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: Results of the study were interpreted in terms of objectives and hypothesis of the study.

The finding of the study shows that majority of the Mothers (30%) had severe burden of care, 40% had moderate burden of care and 10% had non to mild burden of care. Majority of the Mothers (55%) had inadequate coping, (38.3%) had moderate coping and (6.7%) had adequate coping.

There was a significant correlation between burden of care and coping of the mothers of children with multiple developmental disabilities. Hence H3 is accepted.