Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, South Korea.
Department of Nursing, Donggang University, Gwangju, South Korea.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2021 Mar;34(2):507-515. doi: 10.1111/jar.12814. Epub 2020 Sep 21.
Intellectual disabilities are characterized by constant and complex needs for care that place a heavy burden on the families of affected individuals and affect their overall quality of life. We evaluated the mediating effects of family functioning on the relationship between care burden and the family quality of life of caregivers of children with intellectual disabilities in Mongolia.
Data were collected from a sample of 150 caregivers of children with intellectual disabilities from October 2017 to November 2017. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed to examine the mediating effects of family functioning.
Family functioning had a partial mediating effect (β = .702, p < .001) on the relationship between care burden and family quality of life.
Family functioning should be considered when developing a social support intervention to improve family quality of life among caregivers of children with intellectual disabilities.
智力障碍的特点是持续存在的复杂的护理需求，这给患儿家庭带来了沉重的负担，并影响其整体生活质量。我们评估了家庭功能在蒙古智力障碍患儿照顾者的护理负担与家庭生活质量之间关系中的中介作用。
本研究于 2017 年 10 月至 11 月期间，从 150 名智力障碍患儿的照顾者中收集数据。采用多元线性回归分析检验家庭功能的中介作用。
家庭功能对护理负担与家庭生活质量之间的关系具有部分中介作用（β=0.702，p<0.001）。
在制定社会支持干预措施以提高智力障碍患儿照顾者的家庭生活质量时，应考虑家庭功能。
