Anna Bejster
Ludwika Sadowska
Creating the bonds between a mother and a child whose central nervous system has been damaged
Anna Bejster
Ludwika Sadowska
Institute of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland
Institute of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland
Abstract
Introduction: The paper attempts to assess the risk factors of significant in shaping the level of interaction between mother and child with disabilities on the basis of interviews, medical records and clinical observation.
Aims: Defining the socio- demographic conditions of families and evaluation of correlation between the risk factors of infants’ incorrect development and a level of interaction between a mother and a child.
Material and methods: The study involved 230 mothers and their children aged 0-3 years from Subcarpathian region. They have been classified into 3 groups. The first one included 110 infants with central coordination disorder CCD. The second group was 60 infants with different types of infantile cerebral palsy (CP) and 60 healthy infants (CG). The data from anamnesis and medical records about the families and risk factors of incorrect development in the course of pregnancy, birth, infancy period but also interaction between a mother and a child have been collected on the basis of observations. These observations in the form of 47 diagnostic features in accordance with Ann Krefft’s mathematical model enabled the calculation of synthetic diagnostic functions ZPZCPN (the level of fetal distress, pregnancy and infancy) and ZPIMD (the level of interaction between a mother and a child). The results are shown in the tables and figures which have been verified statistically.
Results: 1. Socio- demographic conditions of families with children who suffer from CP and CCD are much statistically worse when compared to the control group (bigger number of children in a family, older age of parents, worse educated parents, parents without a permanent job) 2. A negative correlation between the growth of ZPZCPN function (which measures the level of fetal distress, pregnancy and infancy) and the level of interaction between a mother and a child ZPIMD function). The estimator for these variables is p = -0,21
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