Psychosocial effect and economic burden on parents of children with locomotor disability.
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2010-05
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Objective. To assess the social and financial burden on parents of children with locomotor disability.
Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Institute for Physically Handicapped (IPH), Delhi, where parents of
100 locomotor disabled children of age group 6 to 15 years were interviewed to estimate the socioeconomic burden of
caregiving their children.
Results. The study observed that the parents of the disabled children were severely burdened in terms of financial burden
and mental health.
Conclusions. There is an urgent need for support activities for such families at a national level in order to curb the huge
economic and social burden of care-giving. Counselling should be an integral part of rehabilitat ion for such families.
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Financial burden, Family interaction, Insurance coverage, Locomotor Disability, Social burden
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Laskar Ananya Ray, Gupta Vimal K, Kumar Dharmendra, Sharma Nandini, Singh Megha M. Psychosocial effect and economic burden on parents of children with locomotor disability. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2010 May; 77(5): 529-533.