PMID: 12752613May 20, 2003Paper

Informing parents of visually impaired children: who should do it and when?

Child: Care, Health and Development
L SpeedwellK K Nischal

Abstract

Parents of sick or disabled children are likely to be more stressed than parents of non-disabled children and may benefit from being given information about their child's condition and its implications, but the stage at which parents should receive such information and who should provide it has not been fully investigated. The impact of written information on stress levels of parents of visually impaired children, seen in the ophthalmology clinic of a children's hospital, was explored in this study and the question of who parents thought should provide information, and at what stage, was also investigated. A longitudinal, experimental intervention study was conducted to compare the effect on perceived stress levels of providing information about the implications of visual impairment to parents. Effects were compared according to the child's age and explored in relation to baseline stress levels. The study included a frequency analysis about parents' knowledge of visual impairment and how it relates to education, and their response to being given written information. The results did not show an effect on levels of parental stress but did find that parents of school age children were more stressed than those of preschool age. Ove...Continue Reading

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