Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 35, 123, Al-Khoudh, Sultanate of Oman.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2013 May;43(5):1214-21. doi: 10.1007/s10803-012-1667-9.
A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate whether caregiver's variations in socioeconomic status (SES) has direct bearing on challenges of nurturing children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Oman. A cadre of caregivers (n = 150) from two types of SES (low-income and middle-high income) were compared based on four domains: (1) accessing and perception of remedial services, (2) utilization and perception of psychiatric services, (3) constraints for being a caregiver of children with ASD and (4) financial expenses of taking care of children with ASD. There is little indication that any particular SES fare well on these domains. Factors to mitigate such predicaments are therefore imperative in order to improve quality of life for caregivers among children with ASD.
本研究采用横断面调查方法,旨在探究阿曼照护者的社会经济地位(SES)变化是否会直接影响自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)儿童养育的挑战。根据四个领域,将来自两种 SES(低收入和中高收入)的照护者(n=150)进行比较:(1)获得和感知康复服务,(2)利用和感知精神科服务,(3)照顾 ASD 儿童的障碍,(4)照顾 ASD 儿童的经济费用。几乎没有迹象表明任何特定 SES 在这些领域表现良好。因此,为了提高 ASD 儿童照护者的生活质量,缓解这些困境的因素势在必行。