Protective Effect of Health Promotion Program on Life Quality of Mothers of Children with Cerebral Palsy

Objective: Having a child with cerebral palsy affects all aspects of quality of life the mothers. This is a Quasi-experimental study which was carried out in order to determine the effects of applying supportive health-centered program on the quality of life of cerebral palsy children's mothers. Materials & Methods: This quasi-experimental study was done with two groups of case (n=30) and control (n=30) who were selected by non- randomized convenience sampling method. Supportive health-centered Programs for case group were performed in three stages (assessment, protection and evaluation). Data collection tools included demographic questionnaire and quality of life questionnaire. Data collected before and two months after intervention. Statistical analysis was done by SPSS 16 software. Result: Data analysis with Chi-square showed that demographic data were similar in both groups (P>0.05). The comparison of quality of life after intervention by independent samples t-test was significant in two groups (P<0.05). Paired t-test showed that there is a significant difference between mean scores of dimensions of QOL before and after study in experimental group (P<0.05) But this difference was not significant in control group (P>0.05). Conclusion: According to these findings, applying supportive health-centered program on the quality of life of cerebral palsy children's mothers is effective. So it is suggested that supportive health-centered program to be applied as an effective method to promotion quality of life of mothers of children with chronic diseases.