Impairment of quality of life in parents of children and adolescents with pervasive developmental disorder
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- 27 April 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
- Vol. 5 (1), 22
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-5-22
Abstract
Little is known about the Quality of Life (QOL) in parents of children with developmental diseases as compared to other severe neurological or psychiatric disorders. Aims of the present study were: to evaluate QOL in parents of children affected by Pervasive Development Disorder (PDDs), Cerebral Palsy (CP) or Mental Retardation (MR) as compared to a control group (CG); to evaluate QOL of parents of patients with different types of PDDs, namely Autistic Disorder (AD), High Function Autism/Asperger Syndromes (HFA/AS) and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PPD-NOS); and to compare the level of impairment in QOL of mothers and fathers within PDDs, CP, MR groups and between AD, HFA/AS, PDD-NOS sub-groups.Keywords
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