Quality of life and level of burden for caregivers of Indian children with post-operative congenital anorectal malformations.

Abstract

Parenting starts much before the baby is born. It always comes with mixed feelings during parenting. Therefore, it is of interest to report the quality of life and caregiver burden for Indian children with post-operative congenital anorectal malformations. We recruited total 56 caregivers for the present study. Data shows that the highest caregiver burden in economical and the lowest in psychological. Quality of life (QOL) was highest in physical domain and there was moderate negative correlation among caregiver burden, psychological health, and social relationship.