caa a22 4500 475847318 CHVBK 20180406123918.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1008910527481 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1008910527481 Self-perceived health in Swedish parents of children with Down's syndrome [Elektronische Daten] [G. Hedov, G. Annerén, K. Wikblad] In this comparative study, self-perceived health was investigated in 165 parents of 86 children with Down's syndrome (DS), using the Swedish version of the SF-36 questionnaire. Questionnaires were mailed to parents of children with DS in a defined Swedish population. The results were compared with those in a randomised control group of parents from the Swedish SF-36 norm population. Mothers and fathers replied separately. Student's t-test with the Bonferroni correction was used for multiple statistical comparisons. The mothers of children with DS (‘DS mothers') had significantly lower, less favourable scores than did the fathers of DS children (‘DS fathers') in the Vitality (p < 0.0005) domain. Further, DS mothers spent significantly more time in caring for their child with DS than did the DS fathers (p < 0.0001). DS mothers also had lower scores than the mothers of the control group in the Vitality (p < 0.001) and Mental Health (p < 0.001) domains. DS fathers and control fathers differed significantly in the Mental Health domain (p < 0.002), but not otherwise. In conclusion, DS mothers showed poorer health than their spouses and the control mothers. No differences similar to those found between the DS mothers and DS fathers were observed between control mothers and control fathers. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Down's syndrome nationallicence Fathers nationallicence Mothers nationallicence Parents nationallicence Self-perceived health nationallicence Hedov G. Unit of Paediatrics, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden aut Annerén G. Unit of Clinical Genetics, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden aut Wikblad K. Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden aut Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/4(2000-05-01), 415-422 0962-9343 9:4<415 2000 9 11136 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008910527481 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008910527481 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hedov G. Unit of Paediatrics, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Annerén G. Unit of Clinical Genetics, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wikblad K. Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/4(2000-05-01), 415-422 0962-9343 9:4<415 2000 9 11136 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer