The clinical profile of mentally retarded children in India and prevalence of depression in mothers of the mentally retarded

Nagarkar, Amit; Sharma, Jagdish Prashad; Tandon, Shweta; Goutam, Pritesh

doi:10.4103/0019-5545.130500

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“…Hence every mental health professional should make them aware about facilities like special education in special schools. In our study, 71.7% of caregivers of intellectually disabled children were at risk of depression as derived from PHQ9 score, this finding is consistent with other studies [10][11][15][16]. In one study [16], 85% of the mothers of the mentally retarded suffer from depression.…”

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A Study of Depression among Caregivers of Individuals with Intellectual Disability – A cross sectional study

Bodke¹,

Atram²,

Maidapwad³

2018

Indian Journal of Mental Health

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Background and Objectives: Caregivers of children with intellectually disability experiences high level of emotional, financial and physical stress. The aim of this study is to assess the risk of depression among caregivers of individuals with intellectually disability. Methods: A cross sectional study was done on caregivers of intellectually disabled individuals who has attended Psychiatry outpatient, Department of Government Medical College. 60 patients diagnosed with ID were included by systematic random sampling method. Objective data was collected in a special proforma. Patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) was used to assess risk of depression among caregivers of Individuals with Intellectually Disabled. MS Excel sheet and SPSS were used for data entering and statistical analysis. Results: On PHQ-9 scale, 71.7% of caregivers had depression out of which, 26.6% shows minimal symptoms of depression, 20% had mild depression, while 13.4% had moderately severe depression and 11.6 % had major severe depression while 28.3% of caregivers had no depression. Depression was more common in females (36.6%) than males (35%). Conclusion: The prevalence of depression among caregivers of Individual with intellectually disabled was higher in this study. The risk of depression was higher in female caregivers as compared to male caregivers.

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A Study of Depression among Caregivers of Individuals with Intellectual Disability – A cross sectional study

Bodke¹,

Atram²,

Maidapwad³

2018

Indian Journal of Mental Health

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“…Moreover, more severe forms of retardation were related with higher levels of anxiety in the caregivers, especially in mothers. 35 This association is caused by the child dependency on the mother for daily activities of children, for example, toileting, bathing, feeding, clothing and transport. 35 Besides all these intensive activities, preparing the highly restrictive diet increases the maternal caregiving hours and affect the quality of life in families with a PKU patient.…”

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“… 35 This association is caused by the child dependency on the mother for daily activities of children, for example, toileting, bathing, feeding, clothing and transport. 35 Besides all these intensive activities, preparing the highly restrictive diet increases the maternal caregiving hours and affect the quality of life in families with a PKU patient. In addition, the caregiver’s awareness on the irreversibility of the mental retardation of their sick child is another important causative factor for the parental stress.…”

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Depression and anxiety among parents of phenylketonuria children

Gündüz

Arslan

Ünal

et al. 2015

NSJ

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Objective:To investigate the existence of depression and/or anxiety with underlying risk factors among parents of children with classical phenylketonuria (PKU).Methods:This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Division of Pediatric Metabolism, Ankara Children’s Hospital, Dokuz Eylul University, Kırıkkale University, and Erzurum Local Research Hospital, Turkey, between January and July 2014. Parents of 61 patients and 36 healthy controls completed the self-report questionnaires. We used Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) to assess the parental depression and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory S-T (STAI S-T) to assess parental anxiety.Results:Depression and anxiety scores were significantly higher in the case group (BDI 12.3±9.1; STAI-S: 38.2±9.6; STAI-T: 43.2±6.9) than controls (BDI: 5.4±4.1 p=0.000; STAI-S: 31.8±7.6 p=0.001; STAI-T: 37.0±7.2 p=0.000). Mothers of the patients had higher scores than the other parental groups (BDI: p=0.000, STAI-S: p=0.001 and STAI-T: p=0.000). Logistic regression analysis showed that low educational level of the parent was the only independent factor for depression (OR 9.96, 95% CI: 1.89-52.35, p=0.007) and state anxiety (OR: 6.99, 95% CI: 1.22-40.48, p=0.030) in the case group.Conclusion:A subset of parents with PKU patients have an anxiety or depressive disorder. Supportive services dealing with the parents of chronically ill children such as PKU are needed in order to reduce the level of anxiety.

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“…The occurrence of ID in several families is associated with the presence of ID in a family member. [ 12 13 ] The consanguineous marriages may be playing a crucial role in transferring ID in children from their ID relatives. Primarily, consanguinity is a social factor.…”

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A Family Study of Consanguinity in Children with Intellectual Disabilities in Barwani, India

Lakhan

Bipeta

Yerramilli³

et al. 2017

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

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Background:Intellectual disability (ID) can be inherited in families through consanguineous marriage. The ID in an individual can be associated with the ID, epilepsy, and mental illness in their parents. Such connections can be seen more closely among consanguineous marriages in tribal and nontribal population in India.Objective:This study shows a few common patterns of the consanguineous relationship in the parents of children with ID in India.Materials and Methods:This is a case series research design. Extreme or deviant case sampling was applied. Data were collected in homes, camps, and clinical settings in the Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh, India. The patterns of consanguineous marriages and the relationship between children with ID and their relatives with ID, epilepsy, and mental illness were analyzed and reported with pedigree charts.Results:Multiple patterns of consanguineous marriages in tribal and nontribal populations were observed. ID was found to be associated in children with their relatives of the first, second, and third generations.Conclusion:ID may inherit in individuals from their relatives of the first, second, and third generations who have ID, epilepsy, or mental illness and married in the relationship. Appropriate knowledge, guidance, and counseling may be provided to potential couples before planning a consanguineous marriage.

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The clinical profile of mentally retarded children in India and prevalence of depression in mothers of the mentally retarded

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A Study of Depression among Caregivers of Individuals with Intellectual Disability – A cross sectional study

A Study of Depression among Caregivers of Individuals with Intellectual Disability – A cross sectional study

Depression and anxiety among parents of phenylketonuria children

A Family Study of Consanguinity in Children with Intellectual Disabilities in Barwani, India

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