Quality of life in parents of children with cerebral palsy: is it influenced by the child's behaviour?
Neuropediatrics
; 41(3): 121-6, 2010 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-20859830
The aims of the present study were: to examine the quality of life (QOL) of parents of children with cerebral palsy (CP) and to establish the possible effect of behaviour problems on their QOL. One-hundred children with CP, aged between 4 and 10 years, and both their parents were included in the study. Both parents completed the WHOQOL-BREF, to assess their QOL. A sample of 60 parents of healthy children was used as control group. The primary caregiver also completed the CHILD BEHAVIOUR CHECKLIST (CBCL). Parents of children with CP showed lower scores on physical and psychological domains than the control group on QOL. In the psychological domain the mothers of children with hemiplegia had the lowest scores. The mothers reported lower scores than the fathers for the physical domain in the group of children with diplegia and quadriplegia and for the psychological domain in the group of children with hemiplegia. Children with hemiplegia showed externalizing scores at CBCL higher than the other groups, that could explain the poorer QOL scores of their mothers. In conclusions our results provide useful information on the QOL in families with different forms of CP, useful in planning interventions for the family of children with CP.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Relaciones Padres-Hijo
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Padres
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Calidad de Vida
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Parálisis Cerebral
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Trastornos de la Conducta Infantil
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Límite:
Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neuropediatrics
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia
Pais de publicación:
Alemania