발달장애 아동 어머니의 가정치료 참여도

Abstract

For the purpose of clarifying to what degree the mothers of developmentally delayedchildren are involved in treating their child at home. 193 mothers were sarnpled from220 mothers of developmentally delayed children below 12 years of age who havevisited one of four institutions: the Rehabilitation Hospital of Yonsei Medical Center,lnchon Severance Hospital, Disabled Welfare Center in Myongil-dong, and NarnbuDisable0 Welfare Hall. The study period was from ,Mar. 25, 1995 through Apr. 15，1995. A questionnaire survey was conducted listing the characteristics of thedevelopmental!y. delayed. childern， their mothers, mother's satisfaction with theirtherapists, and the actual conditions of the home treatment. 1. The mothers who treat their child at home for more than 31 minutes a day showa high involvement score, while the mothers of those who give treatment for lessthan 30 minutes a. day show a low involvement score. That is, the longer thetreatment, the greater the involvement score. This indicates a statistically significantresult(p<O.01). 2. In cases where a child’s father is involved in the home treatment. his/her motherdiscloses a statistically high involvement score(p<0.001)3. the result of analysis of cases where other faririly members, relatives or friends (fathersexcepted) reveals a statistically signi:ficant high involvement score(p<O.05) for the mother. 4. Mothers in general represent a statistically significant high involvement in hometreatment. In the meantime, the mothers in a nuclear family show a higherinvolvement,in home trearment is helpful, the mothers record a statisticallysignificant high involvement score(p<0.05). When seen from the above perspectives, it seems of much significance that fathersand other relatives or family members play an important role in enhancing theinvolvement of mothers in home treatment. One point to note here is that providinga long home treatment time is crucial. Therefore, ít ís recommended that family members have access to rehabilitation treatment for training developmentally delayed children or their care giver; and moreover, we need to carry out family training or at least arrange for meetings between the family members and mdical personnel involved in the child's rehabilitation