Psychological effects and their associated factors among caregivers of disabled children in community based rehabilitation centres in Selangor

Mat Nasir, Muhammad Shahril and Kae, Ang Yi and Amaruddin, Arina Izzah (2020) Psychological effects and their associated factors among caregivers of disabled children in community based rehabilitation centres in Selangor. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Background: Caregivers of disabled children face various challenges which affect their psychological well-being. Therefore, this study was carried out to determine the factors influencing the psychological effects among caregivers of disabled children below 18 years old in Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Centres in Selangor. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted using secondary data. The respondents were re-selected from the existing data by simple random sampling using a table of random numbers. Data that was extracted from the primary data were the psychological effects (depression, anxiety and stress), sociodemographic factors and characteristics of the disabled children. The data were analysed using the standard statistical software package IBM SPSS Statistics V25.0 for Windows. Result: Out of 240 respondents, the prevalence of depression was 20.8%, anxiety 34.2% and stress 15.8%. There was significant association between depression and level of education (χ2 =6.319; df 2; p=0.042) and child receiving other types of education (χ2=4.412, p=0.036). The analysis also showed that anxiety was significantly associated with caregivers with medical problems (χ2 =5.668; df 1; p=0.017), child’s gender (χ2=4.154; df 1; p=0.042) and types of disability (χ2=9.419; df 2; p=0.009). Factors that were significantly associated with stress were monthly income (χ2 =4.318; df 1; p=0.038), presence of medical problems (χ2 =8.539; df 1; p=0.003), attainment of education among the children (χ2 =7.795; df 1; p=0.005) and number of years attending CBR (χ2 =13.197; df 2; p=0.001). Conclusion: The psychological effects and their influencing factors need to be addressed and the caregivers need to be given support to ensure their mental wellbeing. Keywords: psychological effects, caregivers, disabled children, community-based rehabilitation centre, depression, anxiety, stress

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2023 03:51
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2023 03:51
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1214

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