A Review of the Social, Psychological, and Economic Burdens Experienced by People with Spina Bifida and Their Caregivers

Neurology and Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Rofail, Diana ^a   Maguire, Laura ^a   Kissner, Marion ^b   Colligs, Antje ^b   Abetz Webb, Linda ^a  

^a ADELPHI REAL WORLD   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Developmental disorders; Economic burden; Human burden; Neural tube defects; Patients; Quality of life; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT REPORT; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA BASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAIN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84977138441     PISSN: 21938253     EISSN: 21936536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40120-013-0007-0     Document Type: Review

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