Year: 2025 | Month: July | Volume: 15 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 282-288
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20250735
Prevalence of Stress level among Mothers of Children with Autism
Dr. Malvi Soni1, Dr. Mansee Desai2
1Assistant Professor, Gokul Physiotherapy College, Gokul Global University, Sidhpur
2Lecturer and PG Guide, JG College of Physiotherapy, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Malvi Soni
ABSTRACT
Background: Parenting is a tough role and having a child with disabilities can make it more difficult as these children have impairment in physio- psycho- social development. Parents find it more stressful to accept the disability of their child. Parents who have a child with Autism have a chance of 2%-18% of having second child with Autism. There will be greater anxiety& stress in parents who are caring for autistic. Mothers play a major role in parenting a child that too if the child is autistic she experiences significant stress.
Materials & Methods: Ethical clearance was taken. Informed consent was obtained from the mothers. Parental Stress Scale (Reliability= 0.83) was filled by mothers through Google form.
Result: Data analysis was performed using Microsoft Excel version 2007. Out of 32 mothers about 52% of mothers with autistic children have been suffering from moderate amount of stress and about 45% of mothers with autistic children has severe stress only 3% of mothers have mild stress.
Conclusion: This study concludes that there is a prevalence of stress level in mothers of Autistic children.
Key words: Prevalence, Stress, Mothers, Autism