Borchers, Maike
[Verfasser:in]
;
Zirn, Birgit
[Akademische:r Betreuer:in];
Zoll, Barbara
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Schön, Margarete
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
Auswirkung einer genetischen Diagnose auf die Lebensqualität von Eltern behinderter Kinder
Beschreibung:
Recent progress in genetic testing has facilitated obtaining an etiologic diagnosis in children with developmental delay/intellectual disability or multiple congenital anomalies or both. Little is known about the benefits of diagnostic elucidation for affected families. We studied the impact of a genetic diagnosis on parental quality of life (QoL) using a validated semiquantitative questionnaire in families with a disabled child investigated by array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH). We received complete questionnaires from 56 parents of children with diagnostic aCGH (Group I)...