title: Accounting for changes in family life of families with spina bifida children.
abstract: The use of time, division of household chores, and the use of resources outside the immediate family has been studied in 22 families with a spina bifida child aged between 4-6 years and compared with 22 families having a normal child of the same age group. In the families with a spina bifida child, both parents spent more time in child care, and depended more upon friends and parents and neighours. The mothers experienced lack of sleep and increased stress.
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D012892:Sleep Deprivation; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological