Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

PSYCHO-SOCIAL PROBLEMS FACED BY THE PARENTS OF THALASSEMIA AFFECTED CHILDREN

Ms. Arpita Patel

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Thalassaemia is a genetic disorder that results in reduced production of haemoglobin.  Statistics reveal that in India thalassaemia major affects over 1, 00,000 people and over 8,000 reported thalassaemia births take place each year. There are, however, many more unreported cases as well.Control of thalassaemia in India is a major problem due to ignorance about the disease, social, cultural and religious taboos and family influences. This study was conducted to determine psycho-social problems faced by the parents of thalassaemia affected children. Stratified random sampling with structured interview schedule has been used for the study with purpose to collect the responses. A descriptive research carried out at Anand and Baroda anches of Indian Red Cross Society andShri Krishna hospital Karamsad in Gujarat, India in the year 2011-12. The study revealed that 47(78.33 %) feels that thalassemia occurs after 5 year which shows awareness among parents were inadequate. In this study, it can be analysed that 25% respondents face psychological problem of depression, 51.67% anxiety, 18.33% suicidal tendency, 1.67% respondents face Loneliness and 3.33% respondents face psychological problem like Inferiority complex.

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Ms. Arpita Patel, PSYCHO-SOCIAL PROBLEMS FACED BY THE PARENTS OF THALASSEMIA AFFECTED CHILDREN, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-7 | Issue-4 | April-2018

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