Depression in the Mothers of Children with Epilepsy
Keywords:
Developmental disabilities, epilepsy, DepressionAbstract
Objective: To assess depression in the mothers of the children with epilepsy.
Design: This study was carried out on mothers of the children with epilepsy, from June 2012 to August 2012.
Subject and Methods: 50 mothers of children with epilepsy were rated on the Beck Depression Scale, The data was tabulated and statistically analyzed.
Results: Mothers of children with epilepsy had depression which was statistically significant.
Conclusion: There is statistically significant difference between the BDI score of different age group, whereas there is no statistical significant difference between the BDI Score of educated & uneducated and in BDI score of House wife and professional women
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