Murdoch J C
University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin.
N Z Med J. 1991 Aug 28;104(918):361-3.
A postal questionnaire was sent to 117 mothers of Down's syndrome children born between 1972 and 1988 in New Zealand, and the response is compared to a similar study of 123 mothers in Scotland whose children were born between 1972 and 1981. Highly significant differences were found in the number of New Zealand children delivered by general practitioners and in the rate of breast feeding amongst New Zealand Down's syndrome children. Significant differences were also found in the later New Zealand cohort with respect to the mothers having seen a social worker, having been given literature and been given an appointment to see a paediatrician. In common with the Scottish study, only half of the mothers felt that their general practitioner or Plunket nurse had been helpful to them after the birth of their child. The implications of the results for the care of Down's syndrome children in New Zealand are discussed.
一份邮政调查问卷被寄给了1972年至1988年在新西兰出生的117名唐氏综合征患儿的母亲，并将调查结果与另一项针对1972年至1981年在苏格兰出生的123名患儿母亲的类似研究进行了比较。结果发现，新西兰由全科医生接生的患儿数量以及新西兰唐氏综合征患儿的母乳喂养率存在高度显著差异。在较晚的新西兰队列中，在母亲是否见过社会工作者、是否收到过相关资料以及是否预约看过儿科医生方面也发现了显著差异。与苏格兰的研究一样，只有一半的母亲认为她们的全科医生或普伦基特护士在孩子出生后对她们有帮助。文中讨论了这些结果对新西兰唐氏综合征患儿护理工作的启示。
