Care burden, coping styles and involvement in care in mothers of autistic children in pandemic of COVID‐19
Fateme Mohammad,
Niloofar Sani,
Khodayar Oshvandi,
Seyedeh Zahra Masoumi,
Salman Khazaei,
Saeid Bashirian,
Ensiyeh Jenabi,
Majid Barati,
Mohammad Rezaei,
Seyed Reza Borzou
Affiliations
Fateme Mohammad
Chronic Diseases (Home Care) Research Center and Autism Spectrum Disorders Research Center Department of Nursing Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran
Niloofar Sani
Student Research Center Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran
Khodayar Oshvandi
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing School of Nursing and Midwifery Mother and Child Care Research Center Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran
Seyedeh Zahra Masoumi
Department of Midwifery School of Nursing and Midwifery Mother and Child Care Research Center Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran
Salman Khazaei
Department of Public Health Department of Epidemiology School of Health, Social Determinants of Health Research Center Health Sciences & Technology Research Institute Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran
Saeid Bashirian
Department of Public Health School of Health Social Determinants of Health Research CenterHealth Sciences & Technology Research Institute Hamadan University of Medical Science Hamadan Iran
Ensiyeh Jenabi
Autism Spectrum Disorders Research Center Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran
Majid Barati
Department of Public Health School of Health, Autism Spectrum Disorders Research Center Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran
Mohammad Rezaei
Department of Speech Therapy School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Autism Spectrum Disorders Research Center Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran
Seyed Reza Borzou
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing School of Nursing and Midwifery, Chronic Diseases (Homecare) Research Center Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran
Abstract Aim The aim of the present study was to investigate the burden of care, coping styles and involvement in the care of mothers of autistic children in the pandemic of COVID‐19 in Iranian society. Design A cross‐sectional study. Methods A total of 134 mothers completed questionnaires online. Data were analysed by descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation) and independent t‐test, ANOVA and multiple linear regressions. The significance level was considered p < .05. Result Findings of the study found that burden of care has a strong and direct correlation with involvement in care (p < .001, r = .78) and strongly and indirectly correlated with coping styles (p < .001, r = −.82). Variables of coping styles, involvement in care, mothers' occupation and number of children, age and functional level of autism can predict 81.27% of the variance in care burden in these mothers.
