Factors Related to the Primary Caregiver’s Perceived Care Burden for School-Age Children with Specific Learning Disabilities
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Factors, The Perceived Burden of Care, Primary Caregivers, School-Age Children with Specific SLDAbstract
Specific learning disabilities (SLD) are learning disorders in specific skills in reading, writing, and calculation. In addition to having learning difficulties, some children may have difficulty socializing or engaging in activities with friends in class. Problems associated with this impairment may include restlessness, mischievousness, short attention spans, easy mood swings, and violent or aggressive behavior. Therefore, primary caregivers, such as parents, and grandparents often find it challenging and burdensome to take care of children with SLD. This research is a descriptive correlational study that examines factors related to the perception of caregiving burden in primary caregivers of school-age children with SLD. The sample was selected through random sampling method. The sample consists of primary caregivers of school-age children with SLD who were attending inclusive schools form grades 1 to 6 in Sisaket province, totaling 280 participants in the primary education area. The research instruments included 1) a questionnaire on personal information of primary caregivers and school-age children with SLD, 2) a questionnaire on perceptions of caregiving burden in primary caregivers, 3) a questionnaire on perceptions of stigma, and 4) a questionnaire on social support, all of which were verified for content validity by qualified experts. The reliability was determined to be 0.98, with confidence from Cronbach's alpha coefficient calculations at 0.94, 0.91, and 0.86, respectively. Data collection took place over four months, from December 2022 to March 2023. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation were used for data analysis. The results revealed that 55.85% of primary caregivers perceived the care burden at a moderate to severe level ( = 26.81, SD = 6.65). Perceived stigma showed the highest correlation with the perceived burden of caregivers (r = .384, p < .01), followed by social support (r = -.330, p < .01), academic performance (r = -.199, p < .01), age of children (r = -.192, p < .01), and family structure (r = -.166, p < .01).
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