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| Autor/inn/en | Laurvick, Crystal L.; Msall, Michael E.; Silburn, Sven; Bower, Carol; de Klerk, Nicholas; Leonard, Helen |
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| Titel | Physical and Mental Health of Mothers Caring for a Child with Rett Syndrome |
| Quelle | In: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 46 (2007) 4, S.523 (1 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 0890-8567 |
| Schlagwörter | Physical Health; Family Needs; Child Behavior; Mothers; Health Insurance; Mental Health; Disabilities; Genetics; Foreign Countries; Family Characteristics; Individual Characteristics; Employed Parents; Family Income; Correlation; Educational Attainment; Therapy; Stereotypes; Marital Satisfaction; Stress Variables; Predictor Variables; Parent Responsibility; Australia |
| Abstract | Objectives: Our goal was to investigate the physical and mental health of mothers who care for a child with Rett syndrome. Methods: We assessed maternal physical and mental health by using the SF-12 version 1 physical component summary and mental component summary scores as the outcome measures of interest. Mothers (n = 135) of children with Rett syndrome completed the SF-12 measure as part of the Australian Rett Syndrome Study in 2002. The analysis investigated linear relationships between physical and mental health scores and maternal, family, and child characteristics. Results: Mothers ranged in age from 21 to 60 years and their children from 3 to 27 years. Nearly half of these mothers (47.4%) indicated that they worked full-time or part-time outside the home, and 41% had a combined family (gross) income of less than 40,000 Australian dollars. The resultant model for physical health demonstrated that the following factors were positively associated with better maternal physical health: the mother working full-time or part-time outside the home, having some high school education, having private health insurance, the child not having breathing problems in the last 2 years, the child not having home-based structured therapy, and high scores on the Family Resource Scale (indicating adequacy of time resources for basic and family needs). The resultant model for mental health demonstrated that the following factors were positively associated with better maternal mental health: the mother working full-time or part-time outside the home, the child not having a fracture in the last 2 years, lesser reporting of facial stereotypes and involuntary facial movements, being in a well-adjusted marriage, and having low stress scores. Conclusions: Our study suggests that the most important predictors of maternal physical and emotional health are child behavior, caregiver demands, and family function. (Author). |
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| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2017/4/10 |
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