Survey of mental health status and coping skills of stress for caregivers of individuals with intellectual disability

Abstract

Background: Individuals with intellectual disabilities, especially those with intellectual disabilities, lack of self-care, and constant supervision and care, are often mentally challenged by caregivers for their social, psychological, and mental health care. Depression and stress symptomsin caregivers are related to the quality of life and care provided to caregivers. The purpose of this study was to assess the stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms experienced by caregivers of individuals with intellectual disabilities, their coping skills, and the caregiver’s quality of life. Materials and methods: A survey of 642 caregivers was conducted using a sample survey using a caregiver workload assessment (DASS 42), a caregiver quality of life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF), and a caregiver problem identification (COPE) questionnaire. Results: The caregiver’s level of depression for individuals with intellectual disability was 58.7 percent, 74.8 percent severe anxiety.42.7 percent of all the caregivers were found to have an extremely severe level of stress and adopting active coping, positive reframing, and acceptance when they coping with stress. There was a significant difference between p=0.004 for depression and p=0.001 for anxiety in caregivers’ quality of life. Conclusion: 1.Caregivers’ of individuals’ withintellectual disabilitieswere found to have severe depression, anxiety, and symptom of restraint coping. 2. Caregivers were found to have an extremely severe level of stress and adopting active coping, positive reframing, and acceptance when they coping with stress. 3.Individuals with inteldisabilitiessability have co-morbidities that increased caregivers’ stresslevels and reduce the quality of life.