en پژوهشي Original Research Articles <!--stripped--> <p style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><strong>Objectives:</strong> &nbsp;This &nbsp;study &nbsp;aimed &nbsp;to &nbsp;examine &nbsp;the &nbsp;effectiveness &nbsp;of &nbsp;life &nbsp;skills &nbsp;training &nbsp;on &nbsp;quality &nbsp;of &nbsp;life &nbsp;in mothers of children with Down syndrome.&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><!--stripped--></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><strong>Methods:</strong> &nbsp;This &nbsp;research &nbsp;was &nbsp;done &nbsp;as &nbsp;a &nbsp;semi-experimental &nbsp;with &nbsp;pre-post &nbsp;test &nbsp;and &nbsp;with &nbsp;control &nbsp;group. Statistical population included all children with down syndrome, age from 2 months to 8 years, and their mothers who referred to Iran&#39;s down syndrome society. Thirty six children were randomly chosen and equally assigned to two groups: experimental and control group. The data were collected by using the demographic &nbsp;questionnaire &nbsp;and &nbsp;the &nbsp;short &nbsp;form &nbsp;of &nbsp;the &nbsp;World &nbsp;Health &nbsp;Organization &nbsp;Quality &nbsp;of &nbsp;Life. Experimental group was trained for life skills in 12 sessions, each session 60 minutes. Data were analyzed using SPSS-16 software and multivariate analysis of covariance test. &nbsp;</span></font></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><!--stripped--></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><strong>Results:</strong> &nbsp;The &nbsp;results &nbsp;indicate &nbsp;that &nbsp;the &nbsp;mean &nbsp;score &nbsp;of &nbsp;quality &nbsp;of &nbsp;life &nbsp;in &nbsp;the &nbsp;experimental &nbsp;group &nbsp;was significantly higher than the control group after intervention.&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><!--stripped--></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><strong>Discussion:</strong> According to the results, life skills training increased the quality of life in mothers of children with &nbsp;Down &nbsp;syndrome. Therefore &nbsp;the &nbsp;life &nbsp;skill &nbsp;training &nbsp;can &nbsp;be &nbsp;applied &nbsp;in &nbsp;mental &nbsp;health &nbsp;services &nbsp;for improving the quality of life in mothers of children with Down syndrome. &nbsp;</span></font></p> <p></p> Life skills, Quality of life, Mothers of children with Down syndrome 29 34 http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-381-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Saeid Abbasi saeid.abbasi66@yahoo.com No Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Firoozeh Sajedi fisajedi@gmail.com Yes Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Sahel Hemmati sahel.hemmati@yahoo.com No Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Pouria Rezasoltani P-rsoltani@yahoo.com No Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.