Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: February | Volume: 7 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 1-7
An Institution Based Study on Stress and Coping Strategies among Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Arkadeb Kar1, Shuvankar Mukherjee2, Dipendra Narayan Goswami3, Gourab Biswas1, Nabanita Bhattacharyya4
1Junior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
2Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Raiganj Government Medical College, Raiganj. Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal
3Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital, Rampurhat, West Bengal, India.
4Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Community Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Corresponding Author: Shuvankar Mukherjee
ABSTRACT
Background: Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder endure more stress than parents of normal children. The cases of autism are increasing day by day. But research on the stress and coping among parents of children with autism spectrum disorders are not adequate in our setting.
Objective: This study tried to find out the relationship between stress and different socio-demographic variables and mediators among the families having children with autism spectrum disorder.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in an institution for autistic children in Kolkata with 42 subjects. The FISC-ASD scale was used for data collection.
Results: Average age of the children were 12 years. Most of them were from nuclear families. Correlation coefficient between level of stress and mediators were 0.787, (p <0.000) and between stress and social support was 0.568 (p <0.000)
Conclusion: There were significant relationship between level of stress and different mediators and social support available to the family.
Keywords: Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Coping, Cross-sectional, Mediators, Stress.
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