The effects of nursing program for children with intellectual disabilities in Rajanukul Development Center on quality of life

Authors

  • Sopon Sawat Rajanukul Institute
  • ประภาพรรณ เตชะจิตต์โชคเกษม Rajanukul Institute
  • Passorn Jitsangob Rajanukul Institute

Keywords:

Nursing program for children with intellectual disability in Rajanukul Developmental center, Holistic Care, quality of life assessment in healthy dimension of children with intellectual disability, Children with intellectual disability

Abstract

Objective: 1)To study the impact of the nursing program for children with intellectual disability (ID) in Rajanukul Developmental Center, 2) To compare pre-post scores of quality of life (QOL) of children with ID who attended the program, and to compare the quality of life before and after the experiment.

Materials and Methods This study is a quasi-experimental study with pre-post measures. The participants are children with ID aged 1.6-5 years old who were admitted and participated in the program at Rajanukul Development Center From June 5 to August 20, 2018. The sample size is 20 cases from purposive sampling. The experimental tool is
a nursing program for children with ID in Rajanukul Developmental Center that applied from a nursing program for children with ID (Klongkhum) with a content validity of .93 and a reliability score is .89. The program developed from the holistic nursing concept. The data collection measurements and consisting of data information from caregivers and children with ID and the quality of life assessment in the healthy dimension of children with ID that apply from The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0: The PedsQL 4.0, parent proxy report, Thai version developed by Dr.James W Varni which content validity is .83 and reliability scores is .98. The data analysis reported in frequency percentage, pre-post SD.  The quality of life scores were compared for all of the instruments usiing the Paired t-test statistics.

Results The research result is that the post score in the quality of life of children with ID has a statistically significant difference of 0.05. The average scores increase both overall and in each aspect of quality of life. The average QOL score before and after the program was 2.18 vs 2.79 (p-value <.001).

Conclusion The nursing program for children with intellectual disability (ID) in Rajanukul Developmental Center could enhance the quality of life of children with ID.

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2024-04-23

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Sawat S, เตชะจิตต์โชคเกษม ป, Jitsangob P. The effects of nursing program for children with intellectual disabilities in Rajanukul Development Center on quality of life. ว. ราชานุกูล [internet]. 2024 Apr. 23 [cited 2025 Apr. 3];35(2). available from: https://he03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/RJJ/article/view/1436

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