A study of intervention and evaluation aimed at the empowerment of family rearing a child with developmental disabilities.

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26713057
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: Wakimizu Rie 筑波大学, 医学医療系, 准教授 (70510121)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): FUJIOKA Hiroshi 茨城県立医療大学, 保健医療学部, 教授 (90555327) ; MIYAMOTO Shinya 筑波大学, 人間系, 教授・副学長 (60251005) ; IEJIMA Atsushi 茨城県立こども病院, 小児神経, 医師 (30144661)
• Research Collaborator: YAMAGUCHI Keiko ; SASAKI Mikiko ; AKIMOTO Kazuhiro ; SAITO Saori
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 家族看護 / 家族エンパワメント / 効果検証型研究 / 介入研究 / エンパワメント / 地域リソース / 小児保健 / 発達障がい

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to examine the effectiveness on parents, children, families of a group-based family intervention program known as the Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) with parents raising a child with DDs. Total 5 outcomes were collected and measured repeatedly from pre-intervention to six months after intervention. Moreover, participants had focus group interview (FGI) about the changes of the whole family after program completion.
The Parenting Scale scores, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale scores, and the Parenting Experience Survey scores indicated a significant intervention effect in parents. And the emotional symptoms, conduct problems, and difficult behavior of the children and the Family Empowerment Scale scores indicated a significant intervention effect. FGI results showed that parental confidence due to getting parenting skills and knowledge, a good response from the child and other family members, the changes of the whole family involvement.

Free Research Field

小児・家族看護学