SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ON FAMILY QUALITY OF LIFE OF FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Abstract

This research presents a systematic review of studies conducted on the perceptions of family quality of life of families of children with intellectual disabilities. The study adopted a descriptive qualitative systematic compilation design. Data consisted of articles that were published between January 2015 and February 2021 and available on the national database of Turkey (DergiPark) and international databases (EBSCOHost, Elsevier Science Direct, ERIC and Google academic) and that fit the criteria of the current study. Induction analysis was used to analyse the data. The findings were distributed according to the years, goals, methods, data collection tools, results, and recommendations. It was believed that this systematic review research will provide a significant impact on the perceptions of the families of their quality of life on the education and psychological support that will be provided to families of children with intellectual disabilities.

Keywords

• Family Quality of Life
• Family perception
• Systematic review
• Quality of life
• Mental insufficiency
• Children with intellectually disabilities

ZİHİNSEL YETERSİZLİĞİ OLAN ÇOCUK AİLELERİNİN AİLE YAŞAM KALİTESİNE İLİŞKİN SİSTEMATİK BİR DERLEME

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı, zihinsel yetersizliği olan çocuğa sahip ailelerin aile yaşam kalitesi algılarının ele alındığı araştırmaların sistematik derleme yapılarak incelenmesidir. Araştırmanın yöntemi, betimsel tipte nitel sistematik derlemedir. Araştırmanın amacı çerçevesinde, Ocak 2015- Şubat 2021 yılları, ulusal veri tabanı (DergiPark) ve uluslararası veri tabanlarında (EBSCOHost, Elsevier Science Direct, ERIC ve Google Akademik) belirlenen ölçütlere göre yapılmış araştırmaların çıkarımı yapılmıştır. Araştırmada elde edilen verilerin analizinde, tümevarımsal analiz sonucu elde edilen betimsel analiz kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın sonucunda incelenen araştırmaların; yıllara, amaçlarına, yöntemlerine, veri toplama araçlarına, sonuçlarına ve önerilerine göre dağılımı verilerek konu alanında farkındalık geliştirilmiştir. Yapılan bu sistematik derleme araştırmasının zihinsel yetersizliğe sahip olan ailelere verilecek eğitimlerde ve psikolojik destekte ailelerin aile yaşam kalitesinin önemli etkisinin olduğu yönünde kaktı sağlayacağı düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

• Aile Yaşam Kalitesi
• Aile algısı
• Sistematik derleme
• Yaşam kalitesi
• Zihinsel yetersizlik
• Zihinsel yetersizliği olan çocuklar

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