Kavita Thapa and Renu Jalal
Kumaun University, Nainital
Pages: 225-231
This research sought to explore how the quality of life of parents raising children with
Down syndrome differs from that of parents raising typically developing children. One
hundred parents in the Delhi NCR were selected to participate in the study (50= parents
of children diagnosed with Down syndrome and 50 parents of normally developing
children). Quality of life was measured with the help of the WHOQOL-BREF. The results
indicated that the parents of normally developing children were found to have a much
better quality of life than the parents of children diagnosed with Down syndrome. These
findings indicate the possible effects that care giving requirements related to Down
syndrome can have on the well-being of parents, and assert the necessity to increase
the psychosocial and community-based support networks of families living with children
with developmental disabilities