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[Work with parents of children with chronic illness or developmental disability]
1Institut za zdravstvenu zastitu dece i omladine, 21000 Novi Sad, Zavod Principovac-Sid. mkovac@net.hr
Introduction:
It is more and more important to work with parents of disabled children or children with chronic illness.
Purpose:
The goal of this study was to investigate mother's presence during hospitalization in regard to the child's handicap. We also wanted to establish if parents were trained to work with children with developmental disabilities.
Material And Methods:
In order to learn if parents of disables or chronically ill children were trained to help them, parents of 99 children hospitalized at Principovac Hospital were asked to fill out a questionnaire.
Results And Discussion:
It was established that parents of children with multiple disabilities were best trained, whereas parents of mentally handicapped children were the least trained. Parents of physically handicapped children (63.6%) and children with multiple disability (63%) were mostly present during hospitalization.