INFLUENCE OF THE GENDER OF THE PARENT WHO SUFFERED A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ON THE FAMILY’S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
Abstract:
The present study aims at analyzing the relationship between the family’s physical and mental
health and the gender of the ill parent, in a family where one of the parents has suffered a moderate or
severe brain injury. The present study has included 58 families with a parent with moderate or severe
brain injury. The instrument used to measure the family’s physical and mental quality was Health Survey
(SF8). Our results show that physical and mental health of the family is affected when one partner is ill,
and shows differences in the way of assessing the situation based on the gender of the ill parent. This
study has more than an informative value, as the study of these issues is almost non-existent.
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