Family resilience and subjective responses to caregiving for children with epilepsy.
Epilepsy Behav
; 125: 108417, 2021 12.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
This study quantified caregiver burdens and the positive aspects of caregiving for the parents of children with epilepsy, with a focus on the impacts of family resilience as a protective factor for the caring process.METHODS:
This cross-sectional study was conducted among 173 parents of children with epilepsy, all of whom responded to questionnaires containing the shortened Chinese version of the Family Resilience Assessment Scale (FRAS-C), positive aspects of caregiving scale (PAC), and Chinese version of the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview (CZBI). They also provided relevant sociodemographic data.RESULTS:
The mean CZBI total score was 22.16 (SD, 14.26; range, 0-71), while the mean PAC total score was 40.05 (SD, 11.09; range 11-55). The FRAS-C total score was positively correlated with the PAC total score (râ¯=â¯0.368, pâ¯<â¯0.001), but negatively correlated with the CZBI total score (râ¯=â¯-0.301, pâ¯<â¯0.001). A multiple linear regression analysis showed that family resilience explained PAC and CZBI at rates of 11.4% and 5.5%, respectively.CONCLUSIONS:
Parents have both positive and negative experiences when caring for children with epilepsy. In this context, family resilience may enhance the positive aspects of caregiving while reducing the frequency of negative feelings, thus highlighting the need for clinicians to focus on adequate interventions aimed at improving family resilience.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Epilepsia
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Resiliencia Psicológica
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Epilepsy Behav
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China