Brief report: caregivers' well-being in families with neurodevelopmental disorders members during COVID-19: implications for family therapy.

ABSTRACT: Neurodevelopmental disorders affect the lifespan of diagnosed individuals and their families. COVID-19 challenged these families with daily routine unpredictability requiring rapid adaptations. Moreover, associations and schools were closed, leaving these families without regular social support. Here, we investigate which individual and family factors can predict the caregiver's depressive state and overall burden. An online study took place between 2021 and 2022. A total of 32 caregivers (30 women; 48 ± 8.22 years old; range 26 to 63 years old) reported having a family member with a neurodevelopmental disorder, the majority diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Caregivers responded to a protocol to assess the burden, resilience, depressive, anxious, and stress symptomatology, as well a

SUBMITTER: Sousa D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11327121 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature