Function and Disability Journal
Function and Disability Journal
Func Disabil J
Medical Sciences
http://fdj.iums.ac.ir
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10.30699/fdisj
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jalali
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gregorian
2020
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Factors Affecting the Caregiver Difficulties in Caring of Children With Cerebral Palsy
کاردرمانی
Occupational Therapy
پژوهشي
Research
<strong>Background and Objectives</strong>: Cerebral Palsy (CP) can trouble caregivers in the families of children with cerebral palsy. This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting caregiver troubles of the families of children with CP. <br>
<strong>Methods</strong>: In this cross-sectional study, 121 children with CP and their parents participated. Factors such as gross motor function, manual ability, communication function, eating and drinking abilities, seizure, IQ, age, gender, auditory and visual problems were evaluated in children, and their predictive power to the caregiver difficulties was measured.<br>
<strong>Results</strong>: The Mean±SD of age of the children in the study was 9.7±4.6 years. The linear regression results showed that none of the evaluated factors were predictors of caregiver difficulties.<br>
<strong>Conclusion</strong>: The present study showed that none of the factors mentioned could predict caregivers’ troubles. Future studies on the factors affecting the caregiver difficulty should be conducted to provide additional information or to draw more complex models to describe caregivers’ difficulties in parents of children with CP in Iran. <span dir="RTL"></span>
Cerebral palsy, Caregivers, Difficulties
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http://fdj.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-66-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Alireza
Jamali
jamaliar100@gmail.com
10031947532846001889
10031947532846001889
No
School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Maryam
Karimpour
maryam_mehr7774@yahoo.com
10031947532846001890
10031947532846001890
No
Department of Basic Sciences in Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Research Center, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Seyed Hassan
Saneii
andishmandpress@gmail.com
10031947532846001891
10031947532846001891
No
Department of Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Research Center, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ata
Farajzadeh
ata.farajzadeh@gmail.com
10031947532846001892
10031947532846001892
No
Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Malek
Amini
amini.m@iums.ac.ir
10031947532846001893
10031947532846001893
Yes
Department of Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Research Center, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.