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Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life, and Family Support Among Family Caregivers of Children with Disabilities
PURPOSE: To investigate the family support, anxiety, depression, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and their associations among parents and grandparents of children with disabilities. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study and a total of 327 family caregivers were included. Chi-square test,...
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author | Xia, Cong Wei, Ting Tang, Qi Zheng, Hongying Sun, Mei Chen, Gang Lv, Jun |
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description | PURPOSE: To investigate the family support, anxiety, depression, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and their associations among parents and grandparents of children with disabilities. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study and a total of 327 family caregivers were included. Chi-square test, Mann–Whitney U-test, and two independent t-test were used to identify the intergenerational differences in sociodemographic characteristics, received family support, anxiety, depression, and HRQoL. Eight generalized linear models were developed to examine the associations in both generations. RESULTS: Parents and grandparents were most in need of rehabilitation and financial support, but both populations received the least amount of financial support. 33.6% and 36.1% of family caregivers had the risk of anxiety and depression and found no significant intergenerational differences. As for HRQoL, intergenerational differences were found in the physical component score, but not found in the mental component score. Among parents, childcare support of respite care and household tasks assistance was negatively associated with their depression (p<0.05), professional support of appropriate surgery for children (p<0.05) and psychological support from professional psychologists (p<0.01) were negatively associated with their anxiety and depression, psychological support from relatives and friends was negatively associated with their depression (p<0.05) whereas was positively associated with their mental HRQoL (p<0.01). As for grandparents, financial support for daily living expenses was negatively associated with depression (p<0.05), and psychological support from families was negatively associated with depression (p<0.05) whereas was positively associated with mental HRQoL (p<0.05). However, no relationship was found between family support and anxiety among grandparents. Notably, no association was found between family support and physical HRQoL among both populations. CONCLUSION: Both parents and grandparents had high risks of anxiety, depression and low levels of mental HRQoL. To efficiently improve psychological health, care providers and policymakers may consider intergenerational differences and provide targeted family support. |
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spelling | pubmed-106294002023-11-08 Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life, and Family Support Among Family Caregivers of Children with Disabilities Xia, Cong Wei, Ting Tang, Qi Zheng, Hongying Sun, Mei Chen, Gang Lv, Jun Int J Gen Med Original Research PURPOSE: To investigate the family support, anxiety, depression, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and their associations among parents and grandparents of children with disabilities. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study and a total of 327 family caregivers were included. Chi-square test, Mann–Whitney U-test, and two independent t-test were used to identify the intergenerational differences in sociodemographic characteristics, received family support, anxiety, depression, and HRQoL. Eight generalized linear models were developed to examine the associations in both generations. RESULTS: Parents and grandparents were most in need of rehabilitation and financial support, but both populations received the least amount of financial support. 33.6% and 36.1% of family caregivers had the risk of anxiety and depression and found no significant intergenerational differences. As for HRQoL, intergenerational differences were found in the physical component score, but not found in the mental component score. Among parents, childcare support of respite care and household tasks assistance was negatively associated with their depression (p<0.05), professional support of appropriate surgery for children (p<0.05) and psychological support from professional psychologists (p<0.01) were negatively associated with their anxiety and depression, psychological support from relatives and friends was negatively associated with their depression (p<0.05) whereas was positively associated with their mental HRQoL (p<0.01). As for grandparents, financial support for daily living expenses was negatively associated with depression (p<0.05), and psychological support from families was negatively associated with depression (p<0.05) whereas was positively associated with mental HRQoL (p<0.05). However, no relationship was found between family support and anxiety among grandparents. Notably, no association was found between family support and physical HRQoL among both populations. CONCLUSION: Both parents and grandparents had high risks of anxiety, depression and low levels of mental HRQoL. To efficiently improve psychological health, care providers and policymakers may consider intergenerational differences and provide targeted family support. Dove 2023-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10629400/ /pubmed/37942475 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S434900 Text en © 2023 Xia et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Xia, Cong Wei, Ting Tang, Qi Zheng, Hongying Sun, Mei Chen, Gang Lv, Jun Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life, and Family Support Among Family Caregivers of Children with Disabilities |
title | Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life, and Family Support Among Family Caregivers of Children with Disabilities |
title_full | Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life, and Family Support Among Family Caregivers of Children with Disabilities |
title_fullStr | Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life, and Family Support Among Family Caregivers of Children with Disabilities |
title_full_unstemmed | Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life, and Family Support Among Family Caregivers of Children with Disabilities |
title_short | Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life, and Family Support Among Family Caregivers of Children with Disabilities |
title_sort | anxiety, depression, quality of life, and family support among family caregivers of children with disabilities |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10629400/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37942475 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S434900 |
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