TITLE:
A Study to Assess the Psychosocial Problems and Quality of Life of Parents with Asthmatic Children in Opd’s of Ramaiah Hospitals, Bengaluru
AUTHORS:
Somashekar Ankanahalli Ramu, Arpitha Panduranga, S. Akarsh
KEYWORDS:
Psychosocial Problems, Parents with Asthmatic Children, Quality of Life, Socio Demographic Variable
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.8 No.1,
March
8,
2018
ABSTRACT: The study was undertaken to assess the level of psychosocial problems and
quality of life of parents with asthmatic children in Ramaiah hospitals, Bengaluru. Statement of the problem: “A study to assess the psychosocial problems
and quality of life of parents with asthmatic children in opd’s of Ramaiah
hospitals, Bengaluru”. Objectives of the study: 1) To assess the level
of psychosocial problems and level of quality of life of parents with asthmatic
children. 2) To find the correlation between scores of psychosocial problem and
quality of life among parents with asthmatic children. 3) To find the association
between level of psychosocial problem and selected socio demographic variables.
4) To find the association between level of quality of life and selected
socio-demographic variable. Method: A descriptive survey approach was
used for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 50 parents
with asthmatic children. Data was collected through interview schedule by using
structured rating scale to assess psychosocial problems and quality of life.
Data was collected and analyzed using descriptive and Inferential statistics in
terms of frequencies, Percentage, Mean, Mean percentage, Standard deviation,
Karl Pearson’s correlation co-efficient and chi-square test. Findings: The major findings of the study indicated that majority of the parents
with asthmatic children that is 33 (66%) were having moderate psychosocial
problems and 16 (32%) were having mild psychosocial problem and 1 (2%)
were having severe psychosocial problem and 38 (76%) were having good quality
of life, 8 (16%) were having better quality of life and 4 (8%) were having poor
quality of life. Karl Pearson’s correlation co-efficient test revealed that
there is a correlation that exists between psychosocial problem and quality of
life of parents with asthmatic children 0.314 weak positive correlation.
Chi-square test revealed that there was no significant association between level
of psychosocial problems and quality of life with selected socio demographic
variables at 0.05 level of significance. Interpretation and conclusion: The findings show that majority of the parents with asthmatic children had moderate
level of psychosocial problems (66%)
and majority had good quality of life (76%). There
is no significant correlation between psychosocial problem and quality of life.
There is no significant association between psychosocial problem and quality of
life with selected socio demographic variable. This null hypothesis was accepted.