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. 2017 Fall;11(4):15-22.

Fordyce Happiness Program and Performance for Mothers of Children with Cleft Lip and Palate Referring Healthcare Team in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2015

Zeinab Hemati  1 , Samira Abbasi  2 , Parastoo Oujian  1 , Davood Kiani  3
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Fordyce Happiness Program and Performance for Mothers of Children with Cleft Lip and Palate Referring Healthcare Team in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2015

Zeinab Hemati et al. Iran J Child Neurol. 2017 Fall.

Abstract

Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of happiness program on performance for mothers of children with cleft lip and palate.

Materials & methods: In this semi experimental study, 64 mothers of children with cleft lip and palate referring healthcare team in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran were enrolled by simple random sampling in 2015. They were divided to two groups of control and intervention. Then, the program of happiness training was implemented within 10 sessions of two hours each and performance questionnaire were filled out prior two months after the last session. The data were analyzed by paired t-test, independent t-test, chi-square and Mann-Whitney.

Results: Mean age of the mothers in intervention and control groups was 33.3±6.3 and 33.5±5.8 yr, respectively. Mean age of the children in intervention and control groups was 6.34±3.37 and .03±3.36 yr, in that order. No significant difference was seen on demographic variables between the two groups. Besides, no significant difference was noticed on mean score of performance domains in the two groups before training. However, after 2 months a significant difference on mean score of performance domains was observed (P<0.000). Intervention group showed significant differences on mean score of performance domains before and after intervention (P<0.000). However, the control group had no significant change.

Conclusion: Given the effect of happiness, program in promoting mothers performance for children with cleft lip and palate, this program can be used in healthcare centers to empower mothers and enhance performance in taking care of children.

Keywords: Children; Cleft lip and palate; Fordyce happiness program; Mothers; Performance.

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