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- Title
The health of primary caregivers of children with cerebral palsy: how does it compare with that of other Canadian caregivers?
- Authors
Brehaut, Jamie C; Kohen, Dafna E; Raina, Parminder; Walter, Stephen D; Russell, Dianne J; Swinton, Marilyn; O'Donnell, Maureen; Rosenbaum, Peter
- Abstract
Caring for any child involves considerable resources, but the demands for these resources are often increased when caring for a child with a disability. These demands have implications for the psychologic and physical health of the caregiver (CG). Although a number of recent trends in health care stress the importance of studying and promoting the health of CGs of children with disabilities, the literature in this area exhibits 2 major weaknesses, ie, most studies draw conclusions from relatively small, potentially biased, clinic-based samples and the majority of work has focused on the psychologic health of CGs, whereas little research has been undertaken to study their physical well-being. The goal of this study was to compare the physical and psychologic health of CGs of children with cerebral palsy (CP) with that of the general population of CGs.
- Publication
Pediatrics, 2004, Vol 114, Issue 2, pe182
- ISSN
1098-4275
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1542/peds.114.2.e182