Evaluating Quality of Life among Parents of Children living with Cerebral Palsy in Enugu State, Nigeria

Obuna Adaoga; Chioma Nvene; Nelson Ifedili Nwankwo; Rita Ozorgwu; Paul Okoli

Obuna Adaoga Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu
Chioma Nvene Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu
Nelson Ifedili Nwankwo Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu
Rita Ozorgwu Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu
Paul Okoli Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu

Keywords: Quality of Life, cerebral palsy, mental retardation, life satisfaction

Abstract

The study examined the quality of life of parents of children living with cerebral palsy (CP) in Enugu State, Nigeria. 50 parents of children living with CP (25 mothers and 25 fathers) and 50 parents of healthy children (25 mothers and 25 fathers) were recruited for the study. The age of the participants ranges from 25 to 65 years, with a mean age of 45.44 years and standard deviation of 9.45 years. World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF was employed for data collection. Cross-sectional survey design was adopted for the study while independent t-test was
used to analyze the data. The result revealed a statistically significant difference on Quality of life between parents of children living with CP and their counterpart. It was recommended that government should establish a community based program that would improve the QOL of parents of children living with CP parents.

Author Biographies

Obuna Adaoga, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu

Department of psychology

Chioma Nvene, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu

Department of psychology

Nelson Ifedili Nwankwo, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu

Department of psychology

Rita Ozorgwu, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu

Department of psychology

Paul Okoli, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu

Department of psychology