Shin Ying Chu

Catering to patients with Parkinson’s disease: a survey on self-perceived competence and barriers of speech and language pathologists in Malaysia Request Permissions If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

Some families faced difficulties accessing speech therapy in some areas of Malaysia and/or during the COVID-19 lockdown. Therefore, parent-mediated intervention could be one of the ways to solve this issue, as it has been proven to effectively improve communication skills among children with communication disorders.

4. Discussion Caregiving has traditionally been associated with females [14]. At a glance, therefore, our finding that males were more likely than females to assume responsibility for primary caregiving is surprisingly obverse. An underlying gender perspective should, however, be taken into account here. A possible explanation could be that males equate providing financial upkeep with caregiving.