How services for children with disabilities in Serbia affect the quality of life of their families

Autor: Tamara Dzamonja Ignjatovic, Marko Milanovic, Nevenka Zegarac
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Male
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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