ArticleBMC women's health2023
The health of mothers caring for a child with a disability: a longitudinal study.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Early Intervention for Children With Developmental Disabilities and Their Families via Telehealth: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Long-term follow-up for mothers of children with disability after healthy mothers healthy families e-workshops.Australian occupational therapy journal · 2026Article
- Heart Rate Variability and Slow-Paced Breathing in Mothers of Children with Disabilities: Autonomic Flexibility Under Chronic Caregiving Stress.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2026Article
- Understanding Maternal Role in Caring for Children with Severe Cognitive Impairment in Paediatric Palliative Care: A Qualitative Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Forms of Capital in Navigating Health and Welfare Services for Disabled Children: Parental Resources and Institutional Demands.Sociology of health & illness · 2026Article
- Exploring pediatric palliative care in Luxembourg: a mixed-methods study.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Evaluating a Family Capacity-Building Service: Are We Doing More Good Than Harm?Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie · 2025Article
- Real-world experience with the use of diazoxide among people living with congenital hyperinsulinism and their caregivers.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Health challenges faced by parents of children with disabilities: a scoping review.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Developing and Piloting an Instrument to Prioritize the Worries of Female Youth with a Physical Disability and Mothers during the Transition to Adulthood.MDM policy & practiceArticle
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Abstract
backgroundRaising a child with disabilities requires a significant parental investment that is greater than that required by typically developing children. Previous studies have shown that parents caring for a child with a disability experience a range of health problems, particularly the mothers. However, few of these studies have controlled for maternal health prior to birth.
methodsThis study used a sample from the Norwegian administrative register that comprised all children born between 2009 and 2015. We followed the mothers and their children for 11 years, between 2009 and 2019. The outcome variable was the mothers' physical and mental health, which was assessed using specific ICD-10 diagnoses recorded in the Norwegian Patient Register (NPR). The data included information on the mothers' health before and after the birth of their first child, enabling us to control for maternal health prior to birth in our analysis, in addition to socio-demographic characteristics. The analyses of maternal health were performed using multiple logistic regression, and the results are presented on both a relative scale (odds ratio [OR]) and an absolute scale (average marginal effect [AME]), both with 95% confidence intervals.
resultsMothers caring for a child with a disability have higher odds of having a diagnosis of a musculoskeletal disorder, depression, anxiety, sleeping disorder or migraines than mothers of children without a disability. The differences between the two groups of mothers decrease after adjusting for the characteristics of the children, mothers and families, but remain significant for musculoskeletal disorder, depression, anxiety and sleeping disorder, although the absolute differences are modest.
conclusionThe findings suggest that mothers caring for a child with a disability are more likely to have health problems than mothers of children without a disability after controlling for maternal health prior to birth. Providing more support for mothers of children with a disability might help to improve their health.
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