Examination of the Relationship Between the Mental Status and Social Support of Parents of Children with Epilepsy

Yılmaz, Mualla

Background: Epilepsy is a chronic disease where child and the family are stigmatized; financial damage occurs; family relationship and roles change; the stress levels increase and the relationships between siblings are deteriorated. Aim: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between the mental state and social support of parents of children with epilepsy. Methods: The population of the study consists of all parents of children followed up for epilepsy in a Child Neurology Clinic, and the sample consists of 147 parents who meet the inclusion criteria of the study. The data were collected with The Personal Information Form, The Brief Symptom Inventory, and The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). In the evaluation of the data, Student t-test, ANOVA, an...