Parental stress in a sample of children with epilepsy.
Francesca Felicia OpertoRoberta MazzaGrazia Maria Giovanna PastorinoStella CampanozziAlberto VerrottiGiangennaro CoppolaPublished in: Acta neurologica Scandinavica (2019)
In our study, the diagnosis of the epilepsy itself tended to increase parental stress, apparently regardless of the severity of the epilepsy; even after a period of follow-up, when the epilepsy was better controlled, overall parental stress remained high. It might have been related to feelings of parental inadequacy or concerns about issues such as safety or the outcome for the child.