Abstract
BACKGROUND: Child behavioural problems in epilepsy originate from a poorly understood interplay between intrinsic, family and social factors.
METHODS: We re-analysed data from a randomized controlled trial of antiepileptic treatment in rural India, using regression analysis to find risk factors for behavioural problems.
RESULTS: Parental satisfaction with social support was positively and independently correlated with child behavioural problems (P=0.03).
CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest parents' interactions within their informal social support network, contrary to expectation, may increase risk for behavioural problems in their children. We suggest a possible explanation for this correlation as well as follow-up studies to investigate the social support-as-risk factor hypothesis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 261-263 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Child: Care Health and Development |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 2005 |
Keywords
- Adolescent
- Anticonvulsants
- Attitude to Health
- Child
- Child Behavior Disorders
- Epilepsy
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Parents
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
- Risk Factors
- Rural Health
- Social Support
