TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental Health and Health Behaviour Changes for Mothers of Children with a Disability
T2 - Effectiveness of a Health and Wellbeing Workshop
AU - Bourke-Taylor, Helen M.
AU - Joyce, Kahli S.
AU - Grzegorczyn, Sarah
AU - Tirlea, Loredana
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Healthy Mothers Healthy Families (HMHF) is a program that educates and empowers mothers of children with disabilities to improve health behaviours. Outcomes were investigated in this study. A pre, post-test design was implemented using online questionnaires including the Health promoting activities scale (HPAS) and the Depressional anxiety stress scales (DASS). Mothers (N = 71) experienced improvements in HPAS scores, p <.001. Mental health symptomatology reduced: depressive symptoms (p =.005), Anxiety symptoms (p =.005) and stress (p =.002). Wellbeing improved (p <.001). Mothers also reported that their child with a disability experienced an increase in quality of life (p =.042). Mothers’ lifestyles goals improved: managing stress; dietary changes; leisure; self-perception and others. HMHF is an effective intervention with improved health status and outcomes for mothers.
AB - Healthy Mothers Healthy Families (HMHF) is a program that educates and empowers mothers of children with disabilities to improve health behaviours. Outcomes were investigated in this study. A pre, post-test design was implemented using online questionnaires including the Health promoting activities scale (HPAS) and the Depressional anxiety stress scales (DASS). Mothers (N = 71) experienced improvements in HPAS scores, p <.001. Mental health symptomatology reduced: depressive symptoms (p =.005), Anxiety symptoms (p =.005) and stress (p =.002). Wellbeing improved (p <.001). Mothers also reported that their child with a disability experienced an increase in quality of life (p =.042). Mothers’ lifestyles goals improved: managing stress; dietary changes; leisure; self-perception and others. HMHF is an effective intervention with improved health status and outcomes for mothers.
KW - Childhood disability
KW - Mental health
KW - Mothers
KW - Wellbeing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85102392713&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-021-04956-3
DO - 10.1007/s10803-021-04956-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 33728495
AN - SCOPUS:85102392713
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 52
SP - 508
EP - 521
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 2
ER -