scholarly journals Family Quality of Life of South African Families Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 1966-1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liezl Schlebusch ◽  
Shakila Dada ◽  
Alecia E. Samuels
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
South African ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Family Quality Of Life ◽  
Raising Children ◽  
African Families

Parents’ perceptions of raising children with autism spectrum disorders in the United States and Arab countries: A comparative review

Autism ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 1645-1654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamal M Al Khateeb ◽  
Louise Kaczmarek ◽  
Muna S Al Hadidi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
United States ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Raising Children ◽  
Us Studies

Four databases were searched to identify studies published by Arab researchers on parents’ perceptions of autism spectrum disorder and studies conducted by US researchers and published in systematic reviews of this topic. The electronic search resulted in 14 studies published by Arab researchers and 55 studies published by US researchers. The results showed that autism spectrum disorder has many of the same effects on Arab and American families. Six major areas were identified in the results. Financial difficulties associated with raising children with autism spectrum disorder were mentioned more in Arab studies than in US studies. Arab studies had more emphasis on gender than US studies. The results related to quality of life of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Arab studies were equivocal. US studies included comparisons with families without a child with autism spectrum disorder, and addressed factors that were associated with quality of life indicators. More health, educational, and social services were available in United States than in Arab countries, but some frustration was reported by US parents in obtaining appropriate services in some studies. A higher percentage of Arab studies mentioned the role of religious faith than US studies. Finally, social stigma was evidenced in both cultures, but not much research was available.

Quality of life among parents of South African children with autism spectrum disorder

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 226-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayman Alhazmi ◽  
Reneva Petersen ◽  
Kirsten A Donald
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
South African ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
The Mean

AbstractObjectiveTo describe the quality of life (QOL) of South African parents caring for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as compared with parents of typically developing (TD) children from the same community.MethodsA cross-sectional study was done evaluating the QOL of parents of 52 children (26 parents of children with ASD versus 26 parents of TD children) using a structured measure, (World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment-BREF).ResultsThe mean age of the children with ASD was 64.9 months (SD 14.5) versus 60.1 months (SD 13.5) for TD group. There was a male predominance among group of children with ASD (48 boys, four girls). The mean parental age of the ASD group was 32.9 years (SD 7.8) compared with 33.8 years (SD 6.8) for the TD group. As compared with parents of the TD children, parents of children with ASD had lower mean QOL scores in the four QOL domains: physical, psychological, social and environmental health (p<0.0001). the domain where the discrepancy between groups was greatest was the physical domain Where the mean score was 52.1 (SD 18.7) in the ASD group and 92 (SD 10.4) in the TD group. Lower income, severity level of ASD and lack of access to school placement of children with ASD were found significantly associated with parents’ QOL domains.ConclusionQOL of parents of children with ASD is significant lower than that of the parents of their TD peers across all domains and is an important component in management of the family which needs to be explored and addressed.

Evaluation of the clinical characteristics of children with autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy and the perception of their parents on quality of life

2021 ◽  
Vol 172 ◽  
pp. 106599
Author(s):  
Halil Celik ◽  
S. Burak Acikel ◽  
M. Akif Fatih Ozdemir ◽  
Erhan Aksoy ◽  
Ulku Oztoprak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder

Social impairment of children with autism spectrum disorder affects parental quality of life in different ways

2018 ◽  
Vol 266 ◽  
pp. 168-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Wang ◽  
Lu Xiao ◽  
Run-Sen Chen ◽  
Chen Chen ◽  
Guang-Lei Xun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Social Impairment ◽  
Parental Quality
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