Res Community Public Health Nurs.  2023 Jun;34(2):117-126. 10.12799/rcphn.2022.00346.

The Relation among Uncertainty, Social Support, Care Burden of Mothers having Children with Developmental Disabilities

• Jeong KE
• Suk MH

• KMID: 2551100
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12799/rcphn.2022.00346

Abstract

Purpose
This descriptive correlation study aimed to confirm the relation among uncertainty, social support, care burden of mothers having children with developmental disabilities.
Methods
The participants were 111 mothers having children with autistic spectrum disorder or intellectual disability. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple regression using IBM SPSS 23.0 in the study.
Results
Uncertainty and social support were significantly correlated to caregiver burden. As a result of multiple regression analysis, the factors affecting caregiver burden were children’s age, the expense for caring, the period suspected child disabilities, and uncertainty. These factors accounted for 40.8% of caregiver burden.
Conclusion
In order to reduce the burden of caring for mothers with children with developmental disabilities, it is necessary to establish a system that can detect children with developmental disabilities early and to develop and provide an integrated guide suitable for the growth and development stage of children with developmental disabilities.

Keyword

Caregiver Burden; Developmental Disabilities; Social Support; Uncertainty