[Work with parents of children with chronic illness or developmental disability].
BACKGROUND
It is more and more important to work with parents of disabled children or children with chronic illness.


OBJECTIVE
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.


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.


CONCLUSIONS
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.
Kovac
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Institut za zdravstvenu zastitu dece i omladine, 21000 Novi Sad, Zavod Principovac-Sid. mkovac@net.hr
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education*
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