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Stress, anxiety, and depression among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Oman: a case–control study

Previous studies carried out in Euro-American populations have unequivocally indicated that psychological disorders of the CASD (caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder) are marked with high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. This finding has been attributed to the reaction of h...

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Autores principales: Al-Farsi, Omar A, Al-Farsi, Yahya M, Al-Sharbati, Marwan M, Al-Adawi, Samir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4977076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27536117
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S107103
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author Al-Farsi, Omar A
Al-Farsi, Yahya M
Al-Sharbati, Marwan M
Al-Adawi, Samir
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description Previous studies carried out in Euro-American populations have unequivocally indicated that psychological disorders of the CASD (caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder) are marked with high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. This finding has been attributed to the reaction of having to care for a child with neurodevelopmental disorders. While there have been reports on autism spectrum disorder in Arab/Islamic countries such as Oman, there is no study from this region, to our knowledge, reporting the performance of indices of stress, anxiety, and depression among CASD. This study aimed to examine whether there is variation in the performance of indices of stress, depression, and anxiety explored via Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 among CASD, caregivers of children with intellectual disabilities, and caregivers of typically developing children. All indices of stress, depression, and anxiety were higher in CASD compared to other caregivers in the control group. This study corroborates with other studies carried out in other populations that caring for children impacts the mental health status of caregivers. Therefore, there are strong grounds to contemplate the mechanism to help such a vulnerable group of family caregivers.
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spelling pubmed-49770762016-08-17 Stress, anxiety, and depression among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Oman: a case–control study Al-Farsi, Omar A Al-Farsi, Yahya M Al-Sharbati, Marwan M Al-Adawi, Samir Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat Original Research Previous studies carried out in Euro-American populations have unequivocally indicated that psychological disorders of the CASD (caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder) are marked with high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. This finding has been attributed to the reaction of having to care for a child with neurodevelopmental disorders. While there have been reports on autism spectrum disorder in Arab/Islamic countries such as Oman, there is no study from this region, to our knowledge, reporting the performance of indices of stress, anxiety, and depression among CASD. This study aimed to examine whether there is variation in the performance of indices of stress, depression, and anxiety explored via Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 among CASD, caregivers of children with intellectual disabilities, and caregivers of typically developing children. All indices of stress, depression, and anxiety were higher in CASD compared to other caregivers in the control group. This study corroborates with other studies carried out in other populations that caring for children impacts the mental health status of caregivers. Therefore, there are strong grounds to contemplate the mechanism to help such a vulnerable group of family caregivers. Dove Medical Press 2016-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4977076/ /pubmed/27536117 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S107103 Text en © 2016 Al-Farsi et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Stress, anxiety, and depression among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Oman: a case–control study
title Stress, anxiety, and depression among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Oman: a case–control study
title_full Stress, anxiety, and depression among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Oman: a case–control study
title_fullStr Stress, anxiety, and depression among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Oman: a case–control study
title_full_unstemmed Stress, anxiety, and depression among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Oman: a case–control study
title_short Stress, anxiety, and depression among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Oman: a case–control study
title_sort stress, anxiety, and depression among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in oman: a case–control study
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4977076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27536117
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S107103
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