The Influence That Working Conditions of Families of Special Needs Children on Nurses at Home Exerts on Nursing Burden, Insomnia and Depression

Abstract

Introduction: Recently, the growing burden of families of special needs children on nurses, or families, has been receiving more and more attention. In order to examine the current working condition of families, it is paramount to figure out the relationship between caretaking and families’ health impairment: particularly in the form of insomnia and depression.

Purpose: This study will go over the truth of the working condition of families, and the resulting insomnia and depression. In this study, the working conditions will be mainly described as the lack of breaks. It will also elucidate the profound impact of this situation.

Method: We conducted a survey in the form of a questionnaire on 465 families, of which 235 families answered. This data will be used in the later analysis. This study will use the following references: Caregiving Consequence Inventory (CCI), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI) and Patient Health Questionnaire(PHQ-9) to evaluate the families’ work conditions.

Result: From the conducted survey, we found that only 52.1% of families claim that they rested well within the space of a month. On the other hand, 20.2% claimed that they never had a chance to rest ever since they started working as a nurse. Using this data, along with logistic regression, we see a close correlation between nurse over-burdening from work and insomnia and depression.

Conclusion: In conclusion, it is clearly evident that both the over-burdening and health impairment of parents are the result of the work conditions. In order to solve this problem, assistance in the form of respite care is essential.