ArticleDevelopmental medicine and child neurology2025
Understanding the complexity of decision-making for mothers of young children with ambulatory cerebral palsy: A qualitative phenomenological study.
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- Families' and therapists' experience of a telehealth programme for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy during the COVID-19 pandemic.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2026Article
- Experiência de famílias e terapeutas com um programa de telessaúde para crianças e adolescentes com paralisia cerebral durante a pandemia de COVID-19.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2026Article
- Understanding the complexity of decision-making for mothers of young children with ambulatory cerebral palsy: A qualitative phenomenological study.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2025Article
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aimTo investigate non-clinical factors that affect health-related decision-making in mothers with young ambulatory children living with cerebral palsy (CP).
methodGuided by phenomenology, we asked parents to describe early experiences of raising a young ambulatory child living with CP. Conversations were audio-recorded, transcribed, coded, and analysed using a qualitative inductive approach.
resultsEighteen parents (all mothers) of 20 children participated. Five themes emerged related to decision-making, each influencing goal setting, prioritization, and health service use. Mothers had to balance both child and family well-being. Acceptance of their child's diagnosis and abilities changed over time, partially influenced by their child's emerging voice. Uncertainty arose when weighing multiple factors regarding child, family, and what the future held. Experiences were laden with system-level burdens related to underinsurance and care coordination. Themes regularly overlapped and persisted.
interpretationOur findings highlight the complexity of the decision-making experienced by mothers of young ambulatory children living with CP. Probing this information can inform appropriate shared care planning that meets the preferences and circumstances of mothers and their families.
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