Impact of chronic illness on families.
Standard scales were used to measure the reaction of the parent and family to long-term disability in a child in terms of family stress, both emotional and financial. The most significant factors that bear upon family impact were the level of education of the respondent, parenteral perception of the health of the child, and the number of limitations of activities of daily living that were experienced by that child.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000523:psychology; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000523:psychology