PARENTS AND PEDIATRICIANS VIEWS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH MENINGOMYELOCELE

Citation
Jab. Bier et al., PARENTS AND PEDIATRICIANS VIEWS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH MENINGOMYELOCELE, Clinical pediatrics, 35(3), 1996, pp. 113-117
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00099228
Volume
35
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
113 - 117
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-9228(1996)35:3<113:PAPVOI>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The parents of 63 individuals with meningomyelocele completed a scale examining the effects of their child's disability on their family, Eig hty-six pediatricians also completed the scale as they predicted paren ts would respond, Medical and psychosocial data were also obtained, Th e results showed the following: (1) A higher level. lesion was associa ted with parental reports of a more negative impact on the family (p<. 05), and (2) pediatricians predicted a more negative impact than was r eported by the parents (p<.001). We conclude that pediatricians overes timate the negative effects while also underestimating the positive ef fects of the disability on the family.