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Table 7 Consequences of having a child with intellectual disabilities (ID) on the parent’s lives (lower values indicate negative changes, with 2.0 being unchanged)

From: Daily life changes and adaptations investigated in 154 families with a child suffering from a rare disability at a public centre for rare diseases in Northern Italy

Intellectual Disability (ID)

Category

Absent

Mild

Severe

F,p

Work status

1.76

1.63

1.30

5.82, 0.004

Housing

2.04

1.91

1.84

2.82, 0.063

Financial

1.92

1.56

1.47

7.36, 0.001

Partner

2.24

1.94

1.88

4.40, 0.014

Relatives

2.13

1.97

1.81

4.43, 0.014

Others

2.21

2.09

1.82

4.24, 0.016

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Italian Journal of Pediatrics

ISSN: 1824-7288

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