| Objective: To explore the effect of psychological intervention given to the parents on rehabilitation effectiveness of cerebral palsy children. Methods: 220 children with cerebral palsy were equally randomized into two groups as children group A and children group B. The 220 parents were recruited into two equally numbered group as parent group A and parent group B. The two groups of children received routine treatment for rehabilitation. Parent group A was given a three-month psychological intervention, while parent group B received no intervention. Results: Parent group A scored higher than the national norm in the following: total score and total average score of SCL-90, and factors as somatization, obsessive-compulsive state, interpersonal relationship, depression, anxiety, hostility, bigotry (P<0.01, 0.05), and the scores after the intervention were significantly lower than those before the intervention (P<0.05). The scores of terror and psychoticism were not statistically higher than those of national norm. Multi-factor regression analysis showed that the gender, age and education of the parents only influenced anxiety and depression factors (P<0.05). Economical status posed impact on the total score, interpersonal relationship, anxiety and depression factors (P<0.05). After the intervention, time for caring the children changed unobviously in parent group B, significantly shorter than that in parent group A, which was significantly longer for playing games, receiving treatment and educating than that before the intervention (P<0.01). The GMFM-88 scoring of both children groups after the intervention was obviously higher than that before the intervention (P<0.01, 0.05), with children in group A scoring more than group B (P<0.05). Conclusion: Psychological intervention to parents is benefical for the rehibilitation of cerebral palsy children. |
