Relationship of family management with sociodemographic aspects and children’s physical dependence in neurological disorders

ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the relationship of family management with sociodemographic and physical dependence aspects of children and adolescents with neurological impairment. Method: Descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted at a child neurology center. A non-probabilistic sample was obtained from 141 family members who answered two instruments: a) Sociodemographic condition of families; b) Family Management Measure. In the statistical analysis, we used the Spearman Coefficient and the Mann Whitney Test. Results: the longer the specialized care time, the lower the identity score (rs = - 0.209, p = 0.01); the higher the effort score (rs = 0.181, p = 0.03), the family difficulty score (rs = 0.239, p = 0.001) and the impact of the disease on family life (rs = 0.213, p = 0.01). The families of children and adolescents with physical dependence for activities of daily living presented a higher score in the following dimensions: management effort (<0.001), family difficulty (p = 0.004) and perception of disease impact (p = 0.001). Conclusion: There was evidence of a correlation between management with sociodemographic and child dependence aspects, with an association between management difficulty and longer time of child and adolescent care.

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Main Authors:	Weissheimer,Gisele, Mazza,Verônica de Azevedo, Lima,Vanessa Ferreira de, Mantovani,Maria de Fátima, Freire,Márcia Helena de Souza, Guimarães,Paulo Ricardo Bittencourt
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2018
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692018000100376
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