Psychosocial effect and economic burden on parents of children with locomotor disability.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the social and financial burden of parents of children with locomotor disability.


METHODS
A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Institute for Physically Handicapped (IPH), Delhi, where parents of 100 locomotor disabled children of age group 6 to 15 years were interviewed to estimate the socioeconomic burden of caregiving their children.


RESULTS
The study observed that the parents of the disabled children were severely burdened in terms of financial burden and mental health.


CONCLUSIONS
There is an urgent need for support activities for such families at a national level in order to curb the huge economic and social burden of care-giving. Counselling should be an integral part of rehabilitation for such families.
Laskar
Ananya Ray
AR
Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, 110002, India. ananya.ray.laskar@gmail.com
Gupta
Vimal K
VK
Kumar
Dharmendra
D
Sharma
Nandini
N
Singh
Megha M
MM
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003376:Counseling; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
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