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. 2025 Aug;64(4):2961-2980.
doi: 10.1007/s10943-025-02312-8. Epub 2025 Apr 18.

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

Hamide Nur Çevik Özdemir  1 , Hülya Gürbüz  2
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Effects of Spiritual Well-Being on Caregiver Burden of Parents of Children with Tracheostomy in Türkiye: The Mediating Role of Psychological Resilience

Hamide Nur Çevik Özdemir et al. J Relig Health. 2025 Aug.

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.

Keywords: Caregiver burden; Children with tracheostomy; Nurse; Resilience; Spirituality.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Conflict of interest: The authors have no relevant financial or nonfinancial interests to disclose. Consent for Participants: All procedures performed in this study were performed in adherence to ethical standards. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of University X (approval no: 2023/1). Informed Consent: All study participants were informed about the objectives and procedures of this study. Informed consent was obtained from all parents included in this study.

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