The Caregiver Health Effects of Caring for Young Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Mothers of school age and older children with developmental disabilities experience poorer health than mothers of typically developing children. This review assesses the evidence for the effect on mothers' health of caring for young children with developmental disabilities, and the influence of different disability diagnoses and socioeconomic status.

Methods

Medline, EMBASE, PsycINFO and CINAHL were searched. Studies measuring at least one symptom, using a quantitative scale, in mothers of preschool children (0-5 years) with and without a diagnosed developmental disability were selected. Random effects meta-analysis was performed, and predictive intervals reported due to high expected heterogeneity.

Results

The meta-analysis included 23 estimates of associa

SUBMITTER: Masefield SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7170980 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature