Τίτλος:
Comparison of parents' and caregivers' satisfaction after spinal fusion
in children with cerebral palsy
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
The purpose of this study was to delineate parents’ and professional
caretakers’ satisfaction after spinal fusion in children with spasticity
and to determine differences in their perceptions. A questionnaire
assessing patients’ functional improvement after spinal arthrodesis for
correcting scoliosis was addressed to 190 parents. An expanded
questionnaire was also addressed to 122 educators and therapists working
in the care of children with cerebral palsy. Caretakers did not
recognize effects of the scoliotic deformity on patients’ head control,
hand use, and feeding ability. Most of parents and caregivers reported a
very positive impact of the surgery on patients’ overall function,
quality of life, and ease of care. Parents had more appreciation of the
benefits in the children’s appearance, whereas educators and therapists
acknowledged more improvement in gross and oral motor function.
Considering that the benefits from scoliosis correction clearly outweigh
the increased risk of surgical complications, most parents (95.8%) and
caretakers (84.3%) would recommend spine surgery.
Συγγραφείς:
Tsirikos, AI
Chang, WN
Dabney, KW
Miller, F
Περιοδικό:
Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
Εκδότης:
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
cerebral palsy; spinal fusion; parents’ satisfaction; caretakers’
satisfaction
DOI:
10.1097/01241398-200401000-00010
