MEE ZHN, Department of Behavioral Expertise, The Netherlands; Forensic Child and Youth Care Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Forensic Child and Youth Care Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Res Dev Disabil. 2021 Apr;111:103889. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2021.103889. Epub 2021 Jan 28.
During COVID-19 measures face-to-face contact is limited and professional carers have to find other ways to support people with intellectual disabilities. COVID-19 measures can increase stress in people with intellectual disabilities, although some people may adapt to or grow from these uncertain situations. Resilience is the process of effectively negotiating, adapting to, or managing significant sources of stress and trauma. The current study aims to provide professional carers with new insights into how they can support people with intellectual disabilities.
An online survey was shared through the social media and organizational newsletters of MEE ZHN (a non-governmental organization for people with disabilities). The resilience framework by Ungar (2019) was adapted to fit to people with intellectual disabilities during COVID-19 measures. Statistical analyses were performed in SPSS statistics version 26.
Results show that professional carers applied diverse and distal methods to maintain contact with people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 measures. Professional carers reported a significant decrease in the quality of contact with clients with intellectual disabilities, but overall high levels of resilience in the same clients.
Online methods of communication are possibly insufficient for professionals to cover all needs of people with intellectual disabilities. During this pandemic professionals should be aware of stress but also of resilience in people with intellectual disabilities.
在 COVID-19 措施期间，面对面的接触受到限制，专业护理人员不得不寻找其他方法来支持智障人士。COVID-19 措施会增加智障人士的压力，尽管有些人可能会适应或从这些不确定的情况中成长。韧性是有效协商、适应或管理重大压力和创伤源的过程。本研究旨在为专业护理人员提供新的见解，了解他们如何能够为智障人士提供支持。
通过 MEE ZHN（一家为残疾人服务的非政府组织）的社交媒体和组织通讯分享了在线调查。Ungar（2019）的韧性框架经过调整，以适应 COVID-19 措施期间的智障人士。使用 SPSS statistics 版本 26 进行了统计分析。
结果表明，专业护理人员在 COVID-19 措施期间采用了各种远程方法与智障人士保持联系。专业护理人员报告说，与智障客户的接触质量显著下降，但同一客户的整体韧性水平仍然很高。
在线沟通方法可能不足以满足智障人士的所有需求。在这场大流行期间，专业人员应该意识到智障人士的压力，但也要意识到他们的韧性。
