研究自闭症儿童食困难对照顾者的影响
Valerie Gent1, Jeanne Marshall2,3, Kelly A Weir4,5,6
1Griffith University, Southport, Australia.
Child: care, health and development
|January 24, 2024
概括
自闭症儿童的食困难显著影响照顾者,而不是自闭症或感官问题. 应对这些挑战需要以家庭为中心的方法,以获得更好的结果.
科学领域:
- 儿科心理学 儿科心理学
- 发育神经科学的发展神经科学.
- 家庭研究 家庭研究
背景情况:
- 自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 影响儿童的社交沟通和感官处理.
- 在自闭症儿童中,食困难很常见,会影响日常生活.
- 照顾者的幸福感往往会受到他们的孩子面临的挑战的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查儿童的自闭症特征,感官特征和食困难如何影响护理人员在餐时间报告的影响.
- 确定这些因素对家庭所面临的整体负担的相对贡献.
主要方法:
- 在线调查对被诊断患有ASD的儿童 (5-12岁) 的照顾者进行了管理.
- 经过验证的仪器测量了儿童的自闭症特征 (社会沟通问卷),感官概况 (感官概况2-简短表格) 和食困难 (行为儿科食评估量表,BPFAS).
- 食吞影响调查 (FS-IS) 评估了护理人员报告的影响.
主要成果:
- 临床上显著的食困难 (68.8%) 的儿童报告说,与没有这种困难的儿童相比,照顾者的影响更大.
- 研究人员发现,食困难的频率与对护理人员日常活动的影响之间存在中度,显著的相关性.
- 儿童食困难频率是护理人员报告影响的最强预测因素,解释了52%的差异.
结论:
- 自闭症儿童的食困难对照顾者的影响比自闭症特征或感官特征更大.
- 食困难的频率与照顾者的负担水平直接相关.
- 干预措施应采用以家庭为中心的方法,全面解决营养困难,以支持儿童和家庭单位.
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