TY - JOUR
T1 - Appreciation family support and the abilities of children with special needs to maintain personal hygiene
T2 - An Indonesian case study
AU - Pursitasari, Ita
AU - Allenidekania, Allenidekania
AU - Agustini, Nur
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© the Author(s), 2020
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Family support is needed to empower children with special needs to maintain personal hygiene, includes information, instrumental, emotional, and appreciation support. The study design was cross-sectional, involving 84 parents of children with special needs. The study was conducted via the respondents filling out a questionnaire consisting of three sub-questionnaires. The results showed no relationship between the characteristics of children with special needs and personal hygiene; there was also no relationship between parental characteristics and personal hygiene (P>0.05). There was, however, a relationship between information, instrumental, emotional, and appreciation support and personal hygiene (P<0.005), the most influential support being appreciation support. In conclusion, there was a significant relationship between information, instrumental, emotional, and appreciation support and the ability of children with special needs to maintain their personal hygiene. The recommendations for future studies are different research methods to explore more about the types of family support.
AB - Family support is needed to empower children with special needs to maintain personal hygiene, includes information, instrumental, emotional, and appreciation support. The study design was cross-sectional, involving 84 parents of children with special needs. The study was conducted via the respondents filling out a questionnaire consisting of three sub-questionnaires. The results showed no relationship between the characteristics of children with special needs and personal hygiene; there was also no relationship between parental characteristics and personal hygiene (P>0.05). There was, however, a relationship between information, instrumental, emotional, and appreciation support and personal hygiene (P<0.005), the most influential support being appreciation support. In conclusion, there was a significant relationship between information, instrumental, emotional, and appreciation support and the ability of children with special needs to maintain their personal hygiene. The recommendations for future studies are different research methods to explore more about the types of family support.
KW - Children with special needs
KW - Family support
KW - Personal hygiene
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089349910&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4081/pr.2020.8700
DO - 10.4081/pr.2020.8700
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089349910
SN - 2036-749X
VL - 12
JO - Pediatric Reports
JF - Pediatric Reports
M1 - 8700
ER -