Abstract
Objective: There are three main objectives of this study. The first is to study the levels of resilience quotient, social support and spiritual well-being of caregivers of patients with hemiplegia. The second is to study the relationship between resilience quotient and spiritual well-being of caregivers to patients with hemiplegia. The third objective is to study the relationship between social support and spiritual well-being of caregivers of patients with hemiplegia.Methods: The sample of this study is composed of 170 caregivers of patients with hemiplegia who received treatment at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital. Data for this study were collected using a psychological questionnaire, and then by adopting analytical statistics, which are percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient.Results: After data collection and analysis, caregivers of patients with hemiplegia were found to have relatively high levels of resilience quotient and social support. Moreover, they have a high level of spiritual well-being. Taken together, these results suggest that there is a positive correlation between resilience quotient and the spiritual well-being of caregivers of patients with hemiplegia, with statistical significance at the .01 level. There is also a positive correlation between social support and the spiritual well-being of caregivers of patients with hemiplegia, with a statistical significance at the .01 level.Conclusion: This research results can be used as a guideline for efforts to enhance the resilient quotient, social support and spiritual well-being of caregivers by providing knowledge, information and caregiving equipment to them. Moreover, caregivers should be encouraged to enjoy their free time by engaging in creative activities and religious activities, which are believed to help increase mental peace.
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