Comparative Description of Psycho-Emotional State of the Parents Bringing up the Children with Chronic Neurologic Pathology

Research and comparative analysis of psycho-emotional state of parents of the children with chronic neurologic pathology. Level of psycho-emotional state has been studied in the 23 parents who have the children with epilepsy (research group, RG). Comparison group (CG) was made up of the 19 parents who have the children with cerebral palsy. Parameters of psycho-emotional state parents have been evaluated by performing psychological testing with the help of WAM (wellness, activity, mood) questionnaire and the Zung self-evaluation depression scale. Average points by the WAM questionnaire was 134 (Me 140, σ 30.38, m 6.33) in RG and 155.3 (Me 165, σ 28, m 6.41) in CG. The difference for groups was l 21.3 points (р<0.05). According to scales of wellness, activity and mood the average points in groups were 44.7 (Me 45, σ 8,83, m 1.84) and 52.8 (Me 56, σ 10.81, m 2.48) (points difference 8.1 (р<0.05), 44.6 (Me 45, σ 10.55, m 2.2) and 46.2 (Me 43, σ 11.61, m 2.66) (points difference is statistically uncertain) and 44.3 (Me 45, σ 13.49, m 2.81) and 56.2 (Me 61, σ 10, m 2.29) (points difference 11.9 (р<0.05) correspondingly. Odds ratio of developing low and middle level of wellbeing and mood when comparing RG and CG makes 3.918 (confidence interval (CI) 1.081-14.200) and 2.545 (CI 0.827-7.835) correspondingly (р<0,05). Average points according to the Zung scale made 41 (Me 38, σ 9.16, m 1.9) in RG and 36.7 (Me 37, σ 6.18, m 1.42) in CG. Psycho-emotional state of parents of the children with epilepsy undergoes some higher grade disorders as compared to those of parents of the children with CP.