Impact of spastic cerebral palsy upon the quality of life of children under the age of 12 years in Erbil city : parents’ reports
Other Title(s)
أثر الشلل الدماغ التشنجي على نوعية الحياة للأطفال تحت سن 12 سنة في مدينة أربيل : تقارير من الوالدين
Joint Authors
Hasan, Shukir S.
Shakir, Nurhan Z.
Ismail, Zayn A.
Source
Iraqi National Journal of Nursing Specialties
Issue
Vol. 28, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2015), pp.8-16, 9 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Nursing
Publication Date
2015-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objectives : This study aims to assess the quality of life of cerebral palsy children less than 12 years old reported by parents in Erbil city/Iraq.
Methodology : A descriptive study was conducted during 2014, to describe the quality of life of cerebral palsy children.
One hundred mothers have cerebral palsy children were participated in this study.
The study took place at Helena Center for handicapped children in Erbil City.
Questionnaire was used to collect data, which consists of two main parts.
The first part is divided into two sections; section one was described the mothers’ demographic characteristics, while the second section was for identifying the demographical characteristics of cerebral palsy children.
The inventory trademark" (PedsQLTM) 3.0 (parents' reports) was used in second part of the questionnaire.
Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 18 was used to analyze date.
Chi-squared test was applied to find out the association and significance.
Results: Most of the mothers were from low socioeconomic status, living in urban areas and aged between 28-37 years old.
Majority of cerebral palsy children were male, aged between 2-4 and diagnosed with spastic type.
The significant associations were found between types of cerebral palsy and daily activities, pain and hurt, speech and communication and eating and activities respectively at p-value 0.032, 0.000, 0.011, and 0.014.
Recommendations: The study recommended special health educational programs for mothers to improve the quality of life of their cerebral palsy children.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hasan, Shukir S.& Shakir, Nurhan Z.& Ismail, Zayn A.. 2015. Impact of spastic cerebral palsy upon the quality of life of children under the age of 12 years in Erbil city : parents’ reports. Iraqi National Journal of Nursing Specialties،Vol. 28, no. 1, pp.8-16.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hasan, Shukir S.…[et al.]. Impact of spastic cerebral palsy upon the quality of life of children under the age of 12 years in Erbil city : parents’ reports. Iraqi National Journal of Nursing Specialties Vol. 28, no. 1 (2015), pp.8-16.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Hasan, Shukir S.& Shakir, Nurhan Z.& Ismail, Zayn A.. Impact of spastic cerebral palsy upon the quality of life of children under the age of 12 years in Erbil city : parents’ reports. Iraqi National Journal of Nursing Specialties. 2015. Vol. 28, no. 1, pp.8-16.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 16
Record ID
BIM-748480