Family caregivers' experience of care with a child with cerebral palsy: the lived experiences and challenges of caregivers in a resource-limited setting in northern Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Caring for a child with cerebral palsy may be more emotionally and physically exhausting than caring for a typical growing child. The family caregivers' perspective of this phenomenon needs exploring to facilitate the development of services. Our study explored the challenges family caregivers face with children with cerebral palsy in a resource-limited context in northern Ghana.

Methods

We conducted a qualitative study underpinned by phenomenological principles where it is believed that the reality of a phenomenon is tied to caregivers' perspectives of their own experiences. In this study, we unearthed caregivers' experiences/challenges from their own perspectives. The method of data analysis used was to allow the issues to emerge from the data (inductive proce

SUBMITTER: Mwinbam MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10335558 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature