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. 1975 Mar;29(1):27-30.
doi: 10.1136/jech.29.1.27.

Some sources of stress found in mothers of spina bifida children

B Tew, K M Laurence

Some sources of stress found in mothers of spina bifida children

B Tew et al. Br J Prev Soc Med. 1975 Mar.

Abstract

The scores on a malaise inventory for 51 mothers of spina bifida children born between 1956 and 1962 in South Wales revealed significantly higher scores when the child was incontinent, had a severe locomotor disability, had an IQ less than 80, and was attending a special school rather than a normal school. No difference in scores was found between the sexes or for size of family, and only a slight difference occurred between the malaise scores of mothers of mildly and moderately handicapped children.

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