scholarly journals Factors Affecting the Family Burden of the Palliative Family

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-378
Author(s):  
Candra Hadi Prasetiya ◽  
Emilia Puspitasari Sugiyanto ◽  
Wijanarko Heru Pramono
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Family Burden ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Support Tools ◽  
The Family ◽  
Treatment Support ◽  
Palliative Patient ◽  
Palliative Patients

The process of palliative patient care indirectly causes a burden on the family. This study aims to determine the description of the family burden in caring for palliative patients. This study is a qualitative research with a phenomenological study design. Participant criteria are families who care for patients for at least 6 months. The number of respondents in this study were 4 respondents as care givers of palliative patients. The research method using the analysis method used includes categorizing themes, compiling sub-categorization of themes and the last is the coding process. The results of the study showed that there was a description of the family burden of palliative patients and a description of the factors that influenced palliative patients including economic status, patient complaints, family support, family perception, availability of treatment support tools, and the ability of families to manage family burdens. The burden on the family can be reduced by training the family to manage the existing factors.

Factors Affecting Quality of Life of the Korean Aged Stroke Patients

1997 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyunsook Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Functioning ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Family ◽  
Physical Care

Among the most prevalent disabling diseases of old age, stroke is the leading chronic condition in Korea. The physical and psychosocial complications of a stroke can result in serious limitations on all aspects of one's life that affect overall quality of life. This study examines the relative importance of and interactions among factors which affect the quality of life of 119 stroke patients aged sixty-five and older in Korea. The model uses family support, personality (specifically hardiness), economic status, and physical functioning as independent variables, and quality of life as a dependent variable. The results of this study suggest that physical functioning and physical care by the family are important factors influencing quality of life of the aged stroke patients. Hardy personality is negatively associated with financial support and physical care by the family. These findings have several implications for policy development, clinical practice, and future research in this area.

The Factors Affecting the Family Burden and Depression Status of Families of Children with down Syndrome in Turkey

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 176-195
Author(s):  
Nesrin Ilhan ◽  
Latife Utaş Akhan ◽  
Şerafettin Baygut ◽  
Gül Nazar Dalli ◽  
Ceyhun Yildirim
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Family Burden ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Depression Status ◽  
The Family

scholarly journals “This is not my decision; I have no alternative”. Perceptions and experiences of marriage age and family planning among Syrian women and men: a primary care study

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pinar Döner ◽  
Kadriye Şahin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Contraceptive Methods ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Primary Health

Abstract Purpose: Reproductive health includes the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide. In this context, both women and men have rights. In this study, it is aimed to reveal the obstacles in using these rights and to describe perceptions on marriage and family planning (FP) of Syrian women and men and to increase awareness for developing new policies on the Primary Health Care. Methods: The study was conducted using qualitative method, consisting of in-depth interviews with 54 participants; 43 women and 11 men who had to emigrate from varied regions of Syria at different times since 2011. Syrian women living in Hatay, in the south of Turkey were identified from Primary Health Care Center. Most of the Syrian women had given birth to the first two children before the age of 20 years. The interviewees were selected by purposive and snowball sampling. Results: The result was examined under seven headings: knowledge about FP and contraceptive methods, hesitation about contraceptive methods, emotional pressure of family and fear of maintaining marriage, embarrassing of talking about sexuality and contraception, the effects of belief and culture on contraception, psychological reflections of war, and changes in the perception of health during the process of immigration. The most significant factors affecting the approaches to FP and contraceptive methods of the women in this study were determined to be education, traditions, economic status, and religious beliefs. The most important factors affecting participants’ FP and contraceptive method approaches are education, cultural beliefs, economic status, and religious beliefs. Conclusions: The primary healthcare centers are at a very strategical point for offering FP services to help address patients’ unmet contraceptive needs and improve pregnancy outcomes. More attention should be paid to social determinants that influence the access to reproductive health. Moreover, efforts can be done to address gender inequality that intercept FP. The most important strategy for primary health systems to follow the gender barriers that hinder access to FP services and men are empowered to share responsibility for FP.

Family burden and quality of life of mothers of children and adolescents with mental retardation or borderline mental capacity

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S192-S192
Author(s):  
L. Utas Akhan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Mental Capacity ◽  
World Health ◽  
Family Burden ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Family

IntroductionStudies have found that the cognitive function levels of intellectually challenged children add a burden to the family and affect quality of life.ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to determine the family burden felt by mothers of children, ages 6–16, whose mental capacity evaluation indicates an IQ of 35–79 to explore the mother's quality of life and discover the factors that yield an impact in this context.AimsThe main objective of this study therefore was to ascertain the family burden and quality of life experienced by the parents of children with mentally retarded or borderline mental capacity.MethodsThe WISC-R test was used in the research to determine the intellectual capacity of children, 6–16 years of age. The sample comprised 131 children and adolescents between the ages 6–16 with IQs in the interval of 35–79 and their mothers. The parents accompanying their children were assessed using the Family Burden Assessment Scale, the World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument and a sociodemographic questionnaire that was filled out during face-to-face interviews.ResultsThe quality of life of the mothers was found to be average. At the same time, as the IQ level of the children went up, the less the mothers felt they were under a family burden. It was seen that the mothers experienced the most difficulty in the domains of “perception of inadequacy” and “emotional burden.”ConclusionMothers with intellectually disabled children need psychosocial support. Providing all members of the family with counseling services to help them cope with the issues and responsibilities involved in the care of disabled children may make a significant difference in quality of life.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his/her declaration of competing interest.

Nordic retirement contracts and the economic situation of widows

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
BEATRICE MORING
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
The Family ◽  
Early Eighteenth Century ◽  
The Right

The aim of this article is to explore the economic status and the quality of life of widows in the Nordic past, based on the evidence contained in retirement contracts. Analysis of these contracts also shows the ways in which, and when, land and the authority invested in the headship of the household were transferred between generations in the Nordic countryside. After the early eighteenth century, retirement contracts became more detailed but these should be viewed not as a sign of tension between the retirees and their successors but as a family insurance strategy designed to protect the interests of younger siblings of the heir and his or her old parents, particularly if there was a danger of the property being acquired by a non-relative. Both the retirement contracts made by couples and those made by a widow alone generally guaranteed them an adequate standard of living in retirement. Widows were assured of an adequately heated room of their own, more generous provision of food than was available to many families, clothing and the right to continue to work, for example at spinning and milking, but to be excused heavy labour. However, when the land was to be retained by the family, in many cases there was no intention of establishing a separate household.

The Moderation Role of Being Valued by Teachers Over the Association Between School Children Motivation and Need for Competition

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110441
Author(s):  
Cristina Maria Bostan ◽  
Tudor Stanciu ◽  
Răzvan-Lucian Andronic
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Economic Status ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family

Concordant with classical theoretical guidelines (i.e., social facilitation, social constructivism theory, and the Pygmalion effect) we tested the need for competition and perception of being valued by teachers to be better motivated for learning in school. We extend knowledge by testing these associations mediated by the social economic status given by the well-being of the family (i.e., controlling for gender and socio-economic status). A total of 214 Romanian students (45.3% boys) with ages between 13 and 17 years were administered the PEER questionnaire (i.e., perception of being valued by teachers, school-children motivation, and the need for competition). Results show a positive relation between the need for competition and motivation for learning. We also found positive relations between the perception of being valued by the teacher and motivation for learning and the need for competition. We conclude that motivation is higher when the need for competition is higher and the perception of being valued by teachers is higher.

Music in Secondary Education: Predictors of Music Subject Choices and Associations with Academic Achievement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maruša Levstek ◽  
Daniel Elliott ◽  
Robin Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Systemic Factors ◽  
Education Hub ◽  
Socio Economic Variables ◽  
Youth Music

This paper investigates the relationship between music qualification choice and academic performance in secondary education in England at Key Stage 4 (KS4; usually at age 15 and 16). We analysed data from 2257 pupils at 18 educational settings in a city in the southeast of England. Two regression analyses with clustered errors modelled KS4 music qualification choice and GCSE academic achievement in English, Mathematics, and other English Baccalaureate subjects, while controlling for a range of demographic, academic, and socio-economic variables. Choice of music as a subject at KS4 was positively associated with the total volume of KS4 qualifications entered for examination and was also predicted by coming from an affluent neighbourhood. Furthermore, this choice of music at KS4 was associated with greater academic performance on English Baccalaureate subjects above and beyond other significant predictors (gender, language, prior academic achievement, total volume of KS4 qualifications, and neighbourhood socio-economic status; local Cohen’s f-squared = .09). These results point to a small but significant additive effect of studying music at KS4 in relation to performance on core GCSE subjects. We also found that schools with KS4 music qualification choice greater than the national average were higher in overall academic attainment, in the proportion of pupils attending extra-curricular instrumental lessons, and in our composite measure of school’s engagement with a local music education hub. The results are interpreted in light of sociological theories of education in an attempt to better understand the underlying systemic factors affecting youth music engagement.

Factors affecting pharyngeal Haemophilus influenzae type b colonization rates in children

1976 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 413-417
Author(s):  
R H Michaels ◽  
C S Poziviak ◽  
F E Stonebraker ◽  
C W Norden
Keyword(s):  
Haemophilus Influenzae ◽  
Throat Swab ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Health Department ◽  
Haemophilus Influenzae Type ◽  
Haemophilus Influenzae Type B ◽  
Type B ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Colonization Rates

Over 1,300 children were studied in an analysis of factors that might affect pharyngeal colonization with Haemophilus influenzae type b. Our semiquantitative methods for the culture of H. influenzae type b, consisting of inoculation of 0.001 ml of throat swab fluid on antiserum agar plates and division of the results into three grades of intensity, showed agreement as to intensity of colonization in over 80% of repeat throat cultures. Our data also suggest that throat swabs are more efficient than nasopharyngeal swabs for detecting colonization, particularly for older children. All 17 H. influenzae type b carriers found with either method were detected with throat swabs, but six had negative nasopharyngeal cultures; four of these six were lightly colonized older children. Furthermore, colony counts were apt to be higher on plates inoculated with throat swab fluids. The frequency of pharyngeal H. influenzae type b colonization in children visiting health department clinics and pediatricians' offices was low during the first 6 months of life (0.7%) but averaged 3 to 5% throughout the rest of childhood. Approximately two-thirds of the carriers were colonized at an intensity too low to be detected by standard laboratory techniques. No influence on colonization rates was found for sex, race, season, economic status, or common childhood infectious diseases such as coryza or otitis media.

Correlates of Participation in Physical Activity for Adolescent Girls: A Systematic Review of Recent Literature

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart J.H. Biddle ◽  
Sarah H. Whitehead ◽  
Toni M. O’Donovan ◽  
Mary E. Nevill
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Behavioral Correlates ◽  
Organized Sport ◽  
White Ethnicity ◽  
The Family ◽  
Low Levels

Background:Many adolescent girls have low levels of physical activity and participation declines with age. This review identifies recent correlates of physical activity in adolescent girls.Methods:Systematic review of papers published 1999 to mid-2003. Papers (k = 51) reporting a measure of physical activity and at least one potential correlate of physical activity in adolescent girls were analyzed.Results:Demographics related to physical activity were female gender (–), non-white ethnicity (–), age (–), and socio-economic status (+). Psychological correlates positively associated with physical activity were enjoyment, perceived competence, self-efficacy, and physical self-perceptions. Behavioral correlates showed that smoking was associated with lower and organized sport involvement with greater activity. Physical activity was associated with parental and family support but we found no consistent trends for environmental variables. Effects were small-to-moderate.Conclusions:Modifiable correlates for adolescent girls clustered around “positive psychology,” organized sport involvement, and the family.

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