Mothers of children with cerebral palsy with or without epilepsy: a quality of life perspective


Autoria(s): TERRA, Vera C.; CYSNEIROS, Roberta M.; SCHWARTZMAN, Jose S.; TEIXEIRA, Maria Cristina T. V.; ARIDA, Ricardo M.; CAVALHEIRO, Esper A.; SCORZA, Fulvio A.; ALBUQUERQUE, Marly De
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

19/10/2012

19/10/2012

2011

Resumo

Methods. aEuro integral Thirty mothers of disabled children participated in the study. The control group comprised of 18 healthy mothers of children without disabilities. All mothers agreed to participate in the study. They completed the evaluation forms of the SF-36 health survey, a well-documented, self-administered QOL scoring system. Results. aEuro integral The results of our study support the premise that mothers of children with CP, as a group, have poorer QOL than mothers of not disabled children. Conclusions. aEuro integral We also observed that mothers of children with CP and epilepsy have poorer QOL than mothers of children with CP without epilepsy.

Identificador

DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION, v.33, n.5, p.384-388, 2011

0963-8288

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/25068

10.3109/09638281003611052

http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09638281003611052

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eng

Publicador

INFORMA HEALTHCARE

Relação

Disability and Rehabilitation

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closedAccess

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Palavras-Chave #SURGERY #DISEASE #ADULTS #SF-36 #Rehabilitation
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article

original article

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