QUALITY OF LIFE IN CAREGIVERS OF PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND GASTROSTOMY TUBE FEEDING

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Cerebral palsy is the most common cause of physical disability in childhood. Caregivers of patients presenting tetraparesis cerebral palsy (TCP) and gastrostomy tube feeding (GTF) were selected for this study because both conditions represent a great demand for their caregiver...

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Main Authors: Aldvan Alves FIGUEIREDO, Elizete Aparecida LOMAZI, Maria Augusta MONTENEGRO, Maria Angela BELLOMO-BRANDÃO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2020-02-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032020000100003&tlng=en