Assessment of the quality of life of mothers of children with cerebral palsy (primary caregivers)

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 232-237

  Ones, Kadriye ^a,b   Yilmaz, Ebru ^a   Cetinkaya, Banu ^a   Caglar, Nil ^a  

^a Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b 1KISIM   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Mother; NHP; Parents; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CAREGIVER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 24044534437     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968305278857     Document Type: Article

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