《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2003, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (05): 267-268.

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Psychological assessment of the parents of children with cerebral palsy

LI Run-jie   

  1. Department of Rehabilitation, Dalian Children’Hospital,Dalian 116012,Liaoning,China
  • Received:2002-11-06 Published:2003-05-25 Online:2003-05-25

Abstract: ObjectiveTo study the psychological state of the parents of children with cerebral palsy(CP).Methods66 parents of CP children were assessed by Symptom Checklist 90(SCL-90)-test,45 normal persons were also assessed by the same way as the control.ResultsExcept psychosis nature,the SCL-90 score of the parents of children with cerebral palsy were higher than that in control (P<0.01-0.05).ConclusionsThe parents of children with cerebral palsy have severe mental problems.

Key words: cerebral palsy, parents, Symptom Checklist 90(SCL-90)