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The importance of embryology for parents of children with congenital hand differences

This study aimed to determine whether embryology knowledge or explaining the possible developmental pathway error was important for parents of affected children, and to secondarily determine if there was a relationship between desired knowledge of embryology and disease severity, maternal age group...

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Autores principales: Clelland, Andrew D., Duncan, Órla, Lam, Wee L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9008554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34878948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17531934211064185
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description This study aimed to determine whether embryology knowledge or explaining the possible developmental pathway error was important for parents of affected children, and to secondarily determine if there was a relationship between desired knowledge of embryology and disease severity, maternal age group or maternal level of education. Using a self-administered questionnaire, a significant proportion of responding parents considered knowledge of embryology important (32 out of 43). We found a significant association between the importance of embryology knowledge for parents and the disease severity. However, the importance and level of knowledge desired was not related to maternal age or level of education. This study demonstrated the importance of explaining the associated developmental errors in the congenital hand consultation, particularly in severe anomalies. Surgeons should familiarize themselves with embryology to provide an explanation as to why congenital hand differences happen, which may provide better psychological support for parents of these children.
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spelling pubmed-90085542022-04-15 The importance of embryology for parents of children with congenital hand differences Clelland, Andrew D. Duncan, Órla Lam, Wee L. J Hand Surg Eur Vol Full Length Articles This study aimed to determine whether embryology knowledge or explaining the possible developmental pathway error was important for parents of affected children, and to secondarily determine if there was a relationship between desired knowledge of embryology and disease severity, maternal age group or maternal level of education. Using a self-administered questionnaire, a significant proportion of responding parents considered knowledge of embryology important (32 out of 43). We found a significant association between the importance of embryology knowledge for parents and the disease severity. However, the importance and level of knowledge desired was not related to maternal age or level of education. This study demonstrated the importance of explaining the associated developmental errors in the congenital hand consultation, particularly in severe anomalies. Surgeons should familiarize themselves with embryology to provide an explanation as to why congenital hand differences happen, which may provide better psychological support for parents of these children. SAGE Publications 2021-12-08 2022-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9008554/ /pubmed/34878948 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17531934211064185 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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