Factors associated with family risk of children with special health care needs

• Autor(a) principal: Okido,Aline Cristiane Cavicchioli
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Neves,Eliane Tatsch, Cavicchioli,Giovana Natali, Jantsch,Leonardo Bigolin, Pereira,Fernanda Portela, Lima,Regina Aparecida Garcia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342018000100453
• topic: Disabled Child; Caregivers; Family; Pediatric Nursing; Health Vulnerability

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the factors associated with family risk of children with special health care needs. Methods: Bicentric study, with a cross-sectional design and a quantitative approach, with family caregivers of children with special health care needs. Instruments were applied to obtain a sociodemographic characterization, and identify and classify the family risk. For analysis between variables, Mann-Whitney and Fisher’s exact tests were used and the Spearman’s correlation coefficient was calculated. Results: One hundred and eighteen caregivers participated in the study. The average family risk score was 3.53 (±3.76), with a median of 3.0, and minimum and maximum values of 0 and 16, respectively, with no significant difference between the two studied Brazilian municipalities. In municipality 1, the number of siblings presented a positive correlation with the average family risk score (0.011, p<0.05). Level of education and marital status of the caregiver showed a significant association with the result (0.038 and 0.002, respectively). The social classification variable presented a negative correlation with the outcome in municipalities 1 (0.003, p<0.01) and 2 (0.006, p<0.01). Conclusion: To classify the family risk and recognize associated factors can be taken as a basis for fair home care to children with special health care needs.