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BMC Pediatrics BioMed Central Research article Open Access Parents psychological adjustment in families of children with Spina Bifida: a meta-analysis 1 1 2 Ignace PR Vermaes* , Jan MAM Janssens , Anna MT Bosman and Jan RM Gerris1 Address: 1Institute of Family and Child Care Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands and 2Department of Educational Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands Email: Ignace PR Vermaes* - i.vermaes@pwo.ru.nl; Jan MAM Janssens - j.janssens@pwo.ru.nl; Anna MT Bosman - a.bosman@pwo.ru.nl; Jan RM Gerris - j.gerris@pwo.ru.nl * Corresponding author Published: 25 August 2005 Received: 05 April 2005 Accepted: 25 August 2005 BMC Pediatrics 2005, 5:32 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-5-32 This article is available from: /1471-2431/5/32 © 2005 Vermaes et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Spina Bifida (SB) is the second most common birth defect worldwide. Since the chances of survival in children with severe SB-forms have increased, medical care has shifted its emphasis from life-saving interventions to fostering the quality