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Parenting a technology assisted infant: coping with occupational stress
Social Work in Health Care
|January 1, 1997
Summary
Caring for technology-dependent children at home creates significant stress for families. This study explores family stress factors and coping strategies during the adaptation process to home care.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Nursing
- Family Caregiving
- Child Health
Background:
- Home care for technology-dependent infants and children presents unique challenges.
- Families face multifaceted stressors adapting to complex care needs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe stress factors experienced by families caring for technology-dependent children at home.
- To organize stress and coping strategies according to adaptation stages.
- To analyze family stress through occupational stress theories.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative description of family experiences.
- Organization of stress and coping by adaptation stages.
- Theoretical analysis using occupational stress models.
Main Results:
- Identified key stressors related to technology dependence and home care.
- Described evolving coping strategies over time.
- Linked family stress to role strain, captivity, and conflict.
Conclusions:
- Family adaptation to home care involves distinct stress and coping phases.
- Occupational stress theories offer a framework for understanding caregiver burden.
- Support interventions should consider the temporal and role-related aspects of family caregiving.