How services for children with disabilities in Serbia affect the quality of life of their families
Autor: | Tamara Dzamonja Ignjatovic, Marko Milanovic, Nevenka Zegarac |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Parents Gerontology 030506 rehabilitation Child Health Services 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Surveys and Questionnaires Developmental and Educational Psychology Community Health Services 030212 general & internal medicine Social isolation Child 10. No inequality Evaluation of services media_common Parenting Mental Disorders 1. No poverty Middle Aged Disabled Children Children with disabilities Clinical Psychology Child Preschool Female medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science Psychology Serbia Adult Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Family support services Sample (statistics) Affect (psychology) Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Intellectual Disability medicine Humans Family Quality (business) Poverty Aged Family Health Service (business) Actuarial science Social Support Quality of Life Child disability |
Zdroj: | Research In Developmental Disabilities |
ISSN: | 0891-4222 |
Popis: | Background Families that have children with disabilities face numerous difficulties related to the lack of services support, social isolation and poverty in Serbia. Mostly due to the prolonged effect of social and economic crisis, there are insufficient adequate and diverse community-based services for those families. Aims The aim of the study was to examine the effect of newly introduced services on the quality of families’ life. Methods A pretest/posttest study was conducted at the beginning of service and one year later to evaluate the effect of services measured by Family Quality of Life Scale (Hoffman et al., 2006). The sample consists of 153 families of children with disabilities from 35 different places in Serbia. Results The results show that the services generally improved the families' quality of life, particularly in the aspects targeted by services, but also had significant positive effect on family interaction and parenting. The services had the highest impact on the families that perceived the lowest life quality before using them. The life quality was improved, regardless of the type of services, but the effectiveness is affected by the severity of child disability. Implications The results might be useful for further steps in developing and evaluating individually and flexible tailored service that support families’ needs and suits them the best. |
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