Correlation between Stress and Quality of Life of Mothers having Children with Intellectual Disability

Background: Parenting a child with intellectual disability (ID) is stressful for the mothers and badly affects their Quality of life (QOL). This study aimed to examine the correlation between stress and QOL of mothers having children with ID. Methods: The research design employed was non-experimental descriptive cum correctional study. The sample consist 30 mothers of ID children. The study was conducted at Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for Mentally handicapped Children, Hyderabad, Telangana State. Stress was assessed by Questionnaire on Resources and Stress QOL and QOL examined by World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF / WHO QOL BREF, REV., 2012). The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation(r) through SPSS version-21. Results: Results showed that there was high negative correlation was found between stress and QOL(r=0.89) of mothers having children with ID. Conclusion: This study shows that stress affected QOL of mothers having children with ID. Therefore there is an urgency to develop stress management, and well being programme for mother to improve their QOL.