Acceptability testing of the Carers-ID intervention to support the mental health of family carers of people with profound and multiple intellectual disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Providing care and support for a person with intellectual disabilities can be challenging and may negatively impact on family carers' health and wellbeing. A online support programme was co-designed with charitable organisations and family carers, to help meet the mental health and wellbeing needs of family carers.

Objective

To test the acceptability of a newly developed online support programme for carers of people with profound and multiple intellectual disabilities.

Methods

A sequential mixed-methods explanatory design was utilised. An adapted version of the Acceptability of Health Apps among Adolescents Scale was distributed to family carers across the United Kingdom and Ireland who had viewed the Carers-ID.com intervention. Participants were then invit

SUBMITTER: Linden M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11527193 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature