Rocha Ian Christopher Naungayan, Arcinas Myla Marcellana
School of Medicine, Centro Escolar University, Manila, Philippines.
Behavioral Sciences Department, College of Liberal Arts, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.
J Caring Sci. 2020 Dec 1;9(4):173-181. doi: 10.34172/jcs.2020.027. eCollection 2020 Dec.
The quality of life (QOL) of the caregivers who attend to children in need of special protection (CNSP) influences their effectiveness in rendering care to their care recipients. This study aimed to determine the QOL of caregivers with their levels of role overload (RO) and role distress (RD). A total of 130 caregivers, identified through a convenience sampling technique, from 17 child-caring institutions from the Philippines' National Capital Region (NCR) participated in this descriptive correlational study. The survey method was used to gather the data using a structured self-administered questionnaire. Data were processed and analyzed using Statistica 13.0 and Spearman's rho test. The study found a significant inverse moderate correlation between the level of QOL of the caregivers and their level of RO. A significant inverse strong correlation was also found between the level of their QOL and their level of RD. The findings confirm that as the levels of RO and RD of the caregivers decrease, their level of QOL increases. Conversely, their level of QOL decreases as their levels of RO and RD increase. Recommendations were provided to improve the QOL of the caregivers of CNSP in the Philippines.
照顾需要特殊保护儿童（CNSP）的照料者的生活质量（QOL）会影响他们为受照料者提供照料的效果。本研究旨在确定照料者的生活质量及其角色过载（RO）和角色困扰（RD）水平。通过便利抽样技术，从菲律宾国家首都地区（NCR）的17家儿童照料机构中确定了130名照料者参与了这项描述性相关性研究。采用调查方法，使用结构化自填问卷收集数据。使用Statistica 13.0和斯皮尔曼等级相关系数检验对数据进行处理和分析。研究发现，照料者的生活质量水平与其角色过载水平之间存在显著的中度负相关。在他们的生活质量水平和角色困扰水平之间也发现了显著的强负相关。研究结果证实，随着照料者角色过载和角色困扰水平的降低，他们的生活质量水平会提高。相反，随着他们角色过载和角色困扰水平的增加，他们的生活质量水平会下降。针对提高菲律宾需要特殊保护儿童照料者的生活质量提出了建议。
