Wellbeing perception of institutional caregivers working for people with disabilities: Use of Subjective Happiness Scale and Satisfaction with Life Scale analyses
Wellbeing perception of institutional caregivers working for people with disabilities: Use of Subjective Happiness Scale and Satisfaction with Life Scale analyses
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ridd.2010.03.009
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发表时间：
2010-09-01
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3.1
通讯作者：
Wu, Chia-Ling
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作者：
Lin, Jin-Ding;Lin, Pei-Ying;Wu, Chia-Ling
很少有科学研究关注如何衡量照顾残疾人的人的积极福祉。本研究旨在探讨照顾残障人士照顾者的幸福感及其决定因素。在这项研究中，我们采用了横断面的、自我管理的结构化问卷调查，招募了88名照顾者。这些照顾者被定义为在社会福利环境中为残疾人提供住宿护理或日托服务的工作人员。幸福感采用主观幸福度量表(SHS)和生活满意度量表(SWLS)两种量表进行测量。SHS和SWLS平均得分分别为4.9+/-1.0(1.3~6.8)和4.6+/-0.9(1.6~6.0)。42.5%的受访者表示幸福，31.0%的受访者表示略有幸福，31.0%的受访者对生活感到满意，39.3%的受访者表示略有满意，20.2%的受访者表示略有不满意。在多元线性回归分析中，自感健康状况和主观幸福感是对主观幸福感得分有显著预测作用的变量(R(2)=0.321，调整后的R(2)=0.267)，被调查者的性别、家庭收入和主观幸福感得分是对主观幸福感得分有显著预测的变量(R(2)=0.374，调整后的R(2)=0.317)。这项研究建议卫生和福利服务部门应该关注为残疾人工作的照顾者的幸福感状况和决定因素，以提高他们的生活质量。(C)2010爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
Little scientific research has focused on the measure of how positive wellbeing of people caring for people with disabilities. The purposes of the present study are to explore the wellbeing perception and its determinants of caregivers who caring for people with disability. We employed a cross-sectional, self-administrative structured questionnaire survey to recruit 88 caregivers in this study. Those caregivers were defined as staff who working in residential care or day care services for people with disabilities in social welfare settings. Wellbeing was measured using two scales which included Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), and Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). The mean score of SHS and SWLS were 4.9 +/- 1.0 (range = 1.3-6.8) and 4.6 +/- 0.9 (range = 1.6-6.0). There were 42.5% respondents expressed they were happy and 31.0% were slightly happy, 31.0% felt satisfied with life and 39.3% reported they were slightly satisfied while 20.2% were slightly unsatisfied. With respect to the determinants of respondent's SHS in a multiple linear regression, we found the factors of perceived health status and SWLS were variables that can significantly predict the SHS score (R(2) = 0.321, adjusted R(2) = 0.267), respondent's gender and household income and SHS score were variables that can significantly predict the SWLS score (R(2) = 0.374, adjusted R(2) = 0.317). This study suggests the health and welfare service authorities should pay attention to the wellbeing profile and determinants of caregivers who working for people with disability to improve their quality of life. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.