Effects of Spiritual Well-Being on Caregiver Burden of Parents of Children with Tracheostomy in Turkiye: The Mediating Role of Psychological Resilience

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of psychological resilience in examining the effects of spiritual well-being on the caregiver burden of parents of children with tracheostomy. This descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational study was conducted with 109 parents of children with tracheostomy. The three-factor spiritual well-being scale, the caregiver burden scale for family caregivers, and the brief resilience scale were used for data collection. The study adhered to the strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology guidelines. Descriptive statistics, t tests, variance analysis, and relationship analysis were used in the data analysis. A significant, negative, and moderate relationship exists between the caregiver burden and the brief resilience scale (p < 0.05). There is a negative relationship between the anomie sub-dimension of the spiritual well-being scale and caregiver burden, and a positive and moderate relationship with resilience (p < 0.05). Psychological resilience affects caregiver burden via the anomie subscale. Programs can be developed to alleviate the caregiving burden and enhance the spiritual well-being of parents with children who have tracheostomies, taking into account the importance of psychological resilience.