Effectiveness of the interventional program for empowering mothers with hearing-impaired children for the improvement of expressive language skills

Background & Aims: Family-centered care demands family to be accepted as the primary core of all cares neglected in practice. The purpose of the study was to plan and put into effect a family-centered interventional training program for the empowerment of mothers while examining its effectivenes...

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Main Authors: Leila Ravanyar, Firoozeh Mostafavi, Shervin-Sadat Hashemian, Mohammad Majid Oryadi-Zanjani
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Language:English
Published: Urmia University of Medical Sciences 2023-04-01
Series:Health Science Monitor
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Online Access:http://hsm.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-74-en.pdf
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author Leila Ravanyar
Firoozeh Mostafavi
Shervin-Sadat Hashemian
Mohammad Majid Oryadi-Zanjani
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Firoozeh Mostafavi
Shervin-Sadat Hashemian
Mohammad Majid Oryadi-Zanjani
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description Background & Aims: Family-centered care demands family to be accepted as the primary core of all cares neglected in practice. The purpose of the study was to plan and put into effect a family-centered interventional training program for the empowerment of mothers while examining its effectiveness on the expressive language skill of children with hearing impairment. Materials & Methods: The sampling method in this process was a randomized controlled trial of the available type. The samples were selected from the people who referred to the centers providing speech therapy services to hearing impaired children in Shiraz (Iran). By selecting random blocks, 35 people were placed in each intervention and control groups. Family-centered intervention was scheduled into 6 sessions, each session lasting 80 minutes. Meantime, we used a researcher-made questionnaire and Newsha developmental scale to assess mothers' empowerment and children's speech development, respectively. Results: Data gathered from 35 intervention and 33 control group members were carefully examined. Repeated measurement test used for the assessment of primary and interactional effects of “time” and “group” showed the effect of time (i.e. pretest, posttest, and follow-up) on the variables of “awareness”, which was significantly large. As for the "self-efficacy" variable, the triple time stages have also proved effective. Time and interaction both manifested a meaningful effect on "child's expressive language skills" (P<0.001). However, "self-esteem" skills and "perceived support" did not show significant differences between time and group effects (P>0.001). Conclusion: The study wraps up by affirming the role of family-centered intervention programs in expanding the ability of mothers with hearing-impaired children and, consequently, upgrading the expressive language skill of the child.
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spelling doaj.art-4e0cdaa18c764869a13b650a915221dc2023-12-24T07:33:36ZengUrmia University of Medical SciencesHealth Science Monitor2980-87232023-04-012299109Effectiveness of the interventional program for empowering mothers with hearing-impaired children for the improvement of expressive language skillsLeila Ravanyar0Firoozeh Mostafavi1Shervin-Sadat Hashemian2Mohammad Majid Oryadi-Zanjani3 Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Department of Community Medicine and Health, School of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Golestan, Iran Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Background & Aims: Family-centered care demands family to be accepted as the primary core of all cares neglected in practice. The purpose of the study was to plan and put into effect a family-centered interventional training program for the empowerment of mothers while examining its effectiveness on the expressive language skill of children with hearing impairment. Materials & Methods: The sampling method in this process was a randomized controlled trial of the available type. The samples were selected from the people who referred to the centers providing speech therapy services to hearing impaired children in Shiraz (Iran). By selecting random blocks, 35 people were placed in each intervention and control groups. Family-centered intervention was scheduled into 6 sessions, each session lasting 80 minutes. Meantime, we used a researcher-made questionnaire and Newsha developmental scale to assess mothers' empowerment and children's speech development, respectively. Results: Data gathered from 35 intervention and 33 control group members were carefully examined. Repeated measurement test used for the assessment of primary and interactional effects of “time” and “group” showed the effect of time (i.e. pretest, posttest, and follow-up) on the variables of “awareness”, which was significantly large. As for the "self-efficacy" variable, the triple time stages have also proved effective. Time and interaction both manifested a meaningful effect on "child's expressive language skills" (P<0.001). However, "self-esteem" skills and "perceived support" did not show significant differences between time and group effects (P>0.001). Conclusion: The study wraps up by affirming the role of family-centered intervention programs in expanding the ability of mothers with hearing-impaired children and, consequently, upgrading the expressive language skill of the child.http://hsm.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-74-en.pdfchildrenexpressive languagehearing lossmothers
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Firoozeh Mostafavi
Shervin-Sadat Hashemian
Mohammad Majid Oryadi-Zanjani
Effectiveness of the interventional program for empowering mothers with hearing-impaired children for the improvement of expressive language skills
Health Science Monitor
children
expressive language
hearing loss
mothers
title Effectiveness of the interventional program for empowering mothers with hearing-impaired children for the improvement of expressive language skills
title_full Effectiveness of the interventional program for empowering mothers with hearing-impaired children for the improvement of expressive language skills
title_fullStr Effectiveness of the interventional program for empowering mothers with hearing-impaired children for the improvement of expressive language skills
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of the interventional program for empowering mothers with hearing-impaired children for the improvement of expressive language skills
title_short Effectiveness of the interventional program for empowering mothers with hearing-impaired children for the improvement of expressive language skills
title_sort effectiveness of the interventional program for empowering mothers with hearing impaired children for the improvement of expressive language skills
topic children
expressive language
hearing loss
mothers
url http://hsm.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-74-en.pdf
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