Brief ReportThe occurrence of the cervical pain syndromes in parents of children with physical disability in the population of Poland
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Participants
The research was carried out in accordance with the principles of Declaration of Helsinki. The research was conducted on a basis of a questionnaire. According to Polish law, in such cases the approval of the bioethics committee is not required.
The research was carried out in Silesian voivodeship (Poland), in 5 randomly chosen ordinary schools (in case of children without a disability) and in 5 randomly chosen schools for children with physical disability. The parents were asked to fill in
Results
The examination of the intensity of cervical spine pain according to VAS scale and NDI questionnaire showed a statistically significant difference (p < .001) between the group G1 and G2 (Table 2). There was a strong positive correlation (rs > .70) (Spearman's rank correlation) between the results obtained by means of both research tools.
The participants were additionally divided into groups depending on the results obtained from the NDI questionnaire. In this way, the degree of participants'
Discussion
The results of the examination may indicate that the responsibilities of parents taking care of a child with physical disability have a detrimental association leading to cervical spine pain complaints.
The research carried out by Andersen et al14 compares child care performed by the parents of children with disability and the work of medical service workers. The authors stated that taking care of a patient (in this case one's own child with disability) is a type of physical burden and that it
Conclusions
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The parents of children with physical disability are to a greater extent exposed to cervical spine pain.
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There is a need to conduct further, more detailed research on the influence of taking care of a child with disability on the occurrence of cervical spine pain. It should consider the influence of the remaining environmental factors i.e., the family characteristics (complete or single-parent family, number of children in family, number of children being under the parents supervision, financial
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