Occupational performance of children with autism spectrum disorder and quality of life of their mothers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Limited studies were found to investigate the occupational performance of autistic children and their parents' quality of life. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate occupational performance of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and QoL of their mothers.

Results

In this study, 88 participants were selected from autism centers in Arak, Iran, 2020. The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) and the parent version of Quality of Life in Autism Questionnaire (QoLA-P) were used to assess the occupational performance of ASD children and their mothers QoL. QoLA-P consists of parts A which is related to the quality of life and part-B related to the problems that these children have and are related to the parents or their caregivers. Regarding occup

SUBMITTER: Beheshti SZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8760686 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature