عنوان

مقایسه تاثیر آموزش گروهی و آموزش انفرادی هندلینگ بر کیفیت زندگی والدین کودکان 1 تا 6 ساله مبتلا به فلج مغزی در شهر اصفهان

Introduction and objectives: Children's disability creates undesirable effect on family function and quality of life. This study was carried out in order to compare of effectiveness of group base handling training with individualized handling training on quality of life of parents of children with cerebral palsy. Methods: In this randomized controlled trial and single blinded study, 50 care givers of children with cerebral palsy were selected and randomly divided into individualized handling training and group base handling education. Data collection tools included SF-36 quality of life, depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS-21) and knowledge of special care of children with cerebral palsy questionnaire. All data collected before and after three months of intervention. Statistical analysis was carried out by SPSS, version 21. Results: Covariance analysis showed that there was not a significant difference in quality of life and other dimensions except in general health and emotional health after intervention (P > 0.05). Conclusion: According to these findings, effectiveness of group base handling training and individualized handling training on general quality of life of parents of children with cerebral palsy are similar in this study. Keywords: Quality of life, Cerebral palsy,

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