Mitochondrial Disease: A Challenge for the Caregiver, the Family, and Society

• Mitochondrial diseases represent a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of inherited metabolic disorders, often resulting in poor functional and survival outcomes for the patient and considerable psychosocial distress for the caregiver. The systematic review undertaken in the present paper emphasizes the critical role of the caregiver in the management of a child with mitochondrial disease, with focus on the burden of mitochondrial disease on the caregiver, the family, and society.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Pediatrik (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Pediatrics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

quality of life

burden

siblings

health-related quality

diagnostic-criteria

cerebral-palsy

of-life

children

disorders

childhood

parents

mothers

needs

Publikations- och innehållstyp

ref (ämneskategori)

art (ämneskategori)