Quality of life, stress and occupational performance of caregiver mothers of autistic children and adolescents.

Authors

  • Ingrid Ioost Estanieski Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Nicole Ruas Guarany Universidade Federal de Pelotas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-6149.v26i2p194-200

Keywords:

Quality of life, Stress, psychological, Task performance and analysis, Autistic disorder, Caregivers/psychology, Mothers/psychology, Self care/psychology, Human activities/psychology, Occupational therapy.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to evaluate the quality of life, stress, and occupational performance of caregiver mothers of children and adolescents diagnosed with autism. For the research, four instruments were used: WHOQOL-Bref, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure and a questionnaire created by the researcher containing socioeconomic data and information about the child/adolescent. The study data suggest that there is a correlation between the variables and that caregiver mothers have a lower quality of life, high levels of stress, and low occupational performance.

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Author Biographies

  • Ingrid Ioost Estanieski, Universidade Federal de Pelotas
    Terapeuta Ocupacional, bacharel pela Univesidade Federal de Viçosa.
  • Nicole Ruas Guarany, Universidade Federal de Pelotas
    Terapeuta ocupacional. Professora assistente 1 do Departamento de Terapia Ocupacional da Universidade Federal de Viçosa.

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Published

2015-09-04

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Estanieski, I. I., & Guarany, N. R. (2015). Quality of life, stress and occupational performance of caregiver mothers of autistic children and adolescents. Revista De Terapia Ocupacional Da Universidade De São Paulo, 26(2), 194-200. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-6149.v26i2p194-200