Family empowerment and associated factors in Japanese families raising a child with severe motor and intellectual disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Family caregivers raising children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities (SMID) experience the enormous burden of care. The concept of family empowerment is one of the important assessment indexes of family nursing from the perspective of providing comprehensive support for these families. The objective of this study was to identify the factors associated with the empowerment of families raising a child with SMID in Japan.

Methods

We conducted a nationwide questionnaire survey involving 1659 primary caregivers raising a child with SMID through 89 special schools. We assessed the main outcomes using the Family Empowerment Scale (FES). We then conducted a multiple linear regression analysis to reveal the factors associated with family empowerment.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Wakimizu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626277 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature