The Quality of Life at Disabled Child's Parents

Abstract

This study is focused on presenting the quality level of the life of parents with disabled children and the determination if there are any differences between parents that are in a treatment process and those that have just started this treatment for their children. Another aspect where this study is focused, are the indicators of life quality. A sample made by disabled children parents (n = 100), who are in “QKZHMT” center in Kombinat and PLM in Vlora, underwent the measuring instrument with a total of 40 self reporting allegations as well as, they became part of the focus groups how they present differences in applied conditions of the compound factors of life quality. In this study the research question was: “are there differences in the reported levels of parents with disabled children life quality who have just started the children treatment program with those who have started it six month ago?” Part of the quality focus was: “the differences and similarities exploration of the parenting experience of the parents with disabled children”. These conclusions where reached, affected by the comparative statistical analysis conducted in this study, that there are no statistical differences reported as well as in the overall life quality level as in its compound factors for both groups. The same result applies for the gender differences.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.