Abstract:

Background: Parenting stress in mothers of cerebral palsy children had been linked with common themes such as disturbed social relationships, health problems, financial problems, moments of happiness, worries about future of the child and need for more support services. The objective of this paper was to critically review the article titled: ‘Effect of Social Support on parenting Stress of Korean Mothers of Children with Cerebral Palsy' in the Journal: J.Phys.Ther.Sci.

Methods: The review gave a short literature review on the subject. Following this, a summary of the article was given. The article summary summarized the contents of the review. This was followed by a brief analysis of how effective the structure of the article is, investigating how the information is set out and whether or not the reader can have access to it. The presentation of the content of the article including the alignment as well as the format of this article was assessed. The third section was the critique of the article, evaluating its authority and currency. The accuracy, objectivity as well as coverage of the article was as well reviewed. Similarly, the relevance of the content of the article with respect to its title was reviewed. The stability of the article as related to its publication was not left out of the review. This review also carried out an analysis of the figures and tables prior to finally judging the article’s accessibility and credibility. Recent advances that are related to the article was briefly explained.

Findings: On the whole, the article was found to be relevant, clear and well written.

Conclusion: The structure, strength, content as well as the limitations of the article were analyzed and critiqued. This article has contributed to the literature considering its valuable critique of current research study on social support and parenting stress.

Keywords: Parenting Stress, Social Support, Cerebral palsy, Mothers, Children.

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