AN INVESTIGATION OF COMPLIANCE TO A HOME-BASED PHYSIOTHERAPY PROGRAM AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF MOTHERS OF INFANTS AT RISK

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Purpose: Rehabilitation programs are widely prescribed, compliance with these programs can be a problem for caregivers. Emotional intelligence plays an essential role in coping with problems. This study investigated emotional intelligence and compliance with a home-based physiotherapy program (HBPP) among mothers of infants at risk. Methods: The study included 138 mothers of infants at risk followed in the Developmental and Early Physiotherapy Unit of Hacettepe University. Data were collected using a demographic information form and the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (SEIS). Results: Mothers who were not working and had low education level showed higher HBPP compliance and lower scores in the optimism/mood regulation dimension of the SEIS (p<0.05). Optimism/mood regulation also weakly correlated with the time mothers spent with the infants at risk per day (r=0.185, p<0.05). Conclusion: Mothers’ employment status and education level may be associated with their emotional intelligence and HBPP compliance. When prescribing HBPP for infants at risk, physiotherapists should also consider caregivers’ working status and education level, and interventions to improve emotional intelligence can be provided.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Compliance
• emotional intelligence
• home-based physiotherapy program
• infants at risk
• mothers

Kaynakça

1. Asbury, A. K., McKhann, G., McDonald, W., Goadsby, P. J., & McArthur, J. (2002). Diseases of the nervous system: Clinical neuroscience and therapeutic principles: Cambridge University Press.