Abstract

We analyzed the relationships between family functionality, caregiver burden, perceived social support, and asthma management self-efficacy of 300 Turkish mothers who provide care to pediatric asthma patients in this cross-sectional sampling study. The mean age of the caregiver mothers was 31.82 ± 5.08. Our study results showed that the participants had above moderate but insufficient perceived social support and asthma management self-efficacy and they were moderately satisfied with caregiver burden and family functioning. As mothers’ perceived social support increased, their satisfaction with family functioning and asthma management self-efficacy also increased but their caregiver burden decreased. Additionally, the caregiver mothers had a sufficiently high level of self-confidence in caregiving to children with asthma, and the caregiver mothers who received training or more information about asthma believed that they were able to manage asthma to a great degree. The researchers conducted regression analysis and they found that biological and social factors and the degree of caregiving burden were significantly associated with asthma management self-efficacy levels. The multivariate biopsychosocial model accounted for 37.4% of the total variance in asthma management self-efficacy. Parent asthma management self-efficacy levels of the caregiver mothers are largely linked to their biological and psychosocial characteristics.

摘要

在这项横断面抽样研究中，我们分析了 300 名为儿童哮喘患者提供护理的土耳其母亲的家庭功能、照顾者负担、感知的社会支持和哮喘管理自我效能之间的关系。照顾母亲的平均年龄为 31.82 ± 5.08。我们的研究结果表明，参与者的社会支持和哮喘管理自我效能感高于中等但不足，他们对照顾者负担和家庭功能的满意度中等。随着母亲感知到的社会支持的增加，她们对家庭功能和哮喘管理自我效能的满意度也有所提高，但她们的照顾者负担有所减轻。此外，照顾哮喘儿童的母亲有足够高的自信心，接受过哮喘培训或更多信息的照顾者母亲认为她们能够在很大程度上控制哮喘。研究人员进行了回归分析，他们发现生物学和社会因素以及照顾负担的程度与哮喘管理自我效能水平显着相关。多变量生物心理社会模型占哮喘管理自我效能总方差的 37.4%。照顾者母亲的父母哮喘管理自我效能水平在很大程度上与其生物学和社会心理特征有关。研究人员进行了回归分析，他们发现生物学和社会因素以及照顾负担的程度与哮喘管理自我效能水平显着相关。多变量生物心理社会模型占哮喘管理自我效能总方差的 37.4%。照顾者母亲的父母哮喘管理自我效能水平在很大程度上与其生物学和社会心理特征有关。研究人员进行了回归分析，他们发现生物学和社会因素以及照顾负担的程度与哮喘管理自我效能水平显着相关。多变量生物心理社会模型占哮喘管理自我效能总方差的 37.4%。照顾者母亲的父母哮喘管理自我效能水平在很大程度上与其生物学和社会心理特征有关。