Predictors of parental adjustment to children's epilepsy in rural India

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 295-300

  Pal, D K ^a,b,c   Chaudhury, G ^b   Das, T ^b   Sengupta, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SANCHAR AROD   (India)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; India; Outcome; Parental adjustment; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0036335289     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2002.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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