ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To assess the social and financial burden of parents of children with locomotor disability. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Institute for Physically Handicapped (IPH), Delhi, where parents of 100 locomotor disabled children of age group 6 to 15 years were interviewed to estimate the socioeconomic burden of caregiving their children. RESULTS: The study observed that the parents of the disabled children were severely burdened in terms of financial burden and mental health. CONCLUSIONS: There is an urgent need for support activities for such families at a national level in order to curb the huge economic and social burden of care-giving. Counselling should be an integral part of rehabilitation for such families.
