Correlation of anxiety and depression with social support among mothers of children with mental retardation / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the correlation of anxiety and depression with social support among caregivers of children with mental retardation and major related influencing factors.Methods 64 mothers of children with mental retardation were investigated by using the questionnaires of SAS,SDS and SSRS.The results underwent analysis.Results The incidence of anxiety among mothers of children with mental retardation was 23.4％,the incidence of depression was 40.7％.Mothers had higher scores of SAS and SDS than the national norm.The total score of social support was(32.19±5.02),which was lower than the national norm.The anxiety and depression was negatively correlated with social support.The influencing factors of anxiety and depression of mothers were family income.Conclusions The anxiety and depression among mothers of children with mental retardation was evident,the social supports for those mothers were insufficient.Effective social support was propitious to abate the anxiety and depression and promote quality of life of those children with mental retardation and their mothers.