Predictors of quality of life for parents of children with autism disorders in Iran

• Main Authors: Saeid Bashirian, Manoochehr Karami, Salman Khazaei, Ensiyeh Jenabi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
• Series: Advances in Human Biology
• Subjects: Autism disorders; Iran; quality of life
• Online Access: http://www.aihbonline.com/article.asp?issn=2321-8568;year=2019;volume=9;issue=2;spage=108;epage=111;aulast=Bashirian

Background: The objective of this survey was predictors of quality of life for parents with Autism disorder (AD) children in Hamadan City. Materials and Methods: The sample size was included 82 mothers and 81 fathers of children with AD. The questionnaires of Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (SF) and SF-34 were used. The three stress subscales (Parental Distress; Parent–Child Dysfunctional Interaction [PCDI] and Difficult Child [DC]), age of diagnosis of AD, age of child and number of siblings were considered as predictors. Results: These analyses showed that the model among mothers and fathers was able to predict high a significant of variance in quality of life (F = 7.841, P < 0.001; R2 = 0.34) and (F = 8.149, P < 0.001; R2 = 0.35), respectively. Conclusion: The predictors of this study were PCDI, DC and number of siblings.