Zehra Çalışkan1, Derya Evgin2, Nuray Caner3, Bahriye Kaplan1, Gonca Özyurt4. 1. Child Health and Diseases Nursing Department, Nevsehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Nevsehir, Turkey. 2. Child Health and Diseases Nursing Department, Akdeniz University Kumluca Health Sciences Faculty, Antalya, Turkey. 3. Child Health and Diseases Nursing Department, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. 4. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Medical Faculty, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, İzmir, Türkiye.
Abstract
PURPOSE: This study determined problems, fatigue, life satisfaction, family stress, and coping strategies of families who had a disabled child and the relationships between them. DESIGN AND METHODS: This descriptive and cross-sectional study conducted with 191 parents of children with disabilities. FINDINGS: As the life satisfaction of childcare providers increased, their emotional exhaustion decreased and sense of personal accomplishment increased (p < 0.05). PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: It is necessary that nurses and health team members should provide regular and continuous education for burnout, life satisfaction, family stress and coping styles to parents of disabled children using interactive education techniques and group interactions.
PURPOSE: This study determined problems, fatigue, life satisfaction, family stress, and coping strategies of families who had a disabled child and the relationships between them. DESIGN AND METHODS: This descriptive and cross-sectional study conducted with 191 parents of children with disabilities. FINDINGS: As the life satisfaction of childcare providers increased, their emotional exhaustion decreased and sense of personal accomplishment increased (p < 0.05). PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: It is necessary that nurses and health team members should provide regular and continuous education for burnout, life satisfaction, family stress and coping styles to parents of disabled children using interactive education techniques and group interactions.