Parental stress in mothers of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy
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2014-06
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Objectives: to evaluate parental stress of mothers of children and adolescents with cerebral
palsy; to verify whether parental stress undergoes variations according to the level of motor
compromise, the child’s phase of life, and sociodemographic variables. Method: a cross-sectional,
descriptive study, with 223 mothers of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. Results:
45.3% of the mothers presented high levels of stress; there were differences in stress between
mothers of children with mild and severe motor impairment; mothers of older children were more
stressed than mothers of younger children and of adolescents; paid work and leisure activities
reduced the stress. Conclusion: mothers of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy, whose
children present mild to severe motor impairment are vulnerable to parental stress. Paid work
and leisure activities were the factors that contributed most to reducing the stress.
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Cerebral palsy, Adolescent, Stress, Child, Psychological, Mothers
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RIBEIRO, Maysa Ferreira Martins; SOUSA, Ana Luiza Lima; VANDENBERGHE, Luc; PORTO, Celmo Celeno. Parental stress in mothers of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, Ribeirão Preto, v. 22, n. 3, p. 440-447, May/June 2014.