利用者へのアンケート調査による親子入所の意義

Survey Reveals the Significance of Mothers Accompanying Their Children in the Rehabilitation Facility

要旨：利用者に退所時アンケート調査を実施し，満足度や各質問項目を5段階で評価し，親子入所の意義について検討した．回答者は334人，回答率74％であった．アンケート結果で満足度は満足，やや満足91％．「家庭よりも子供にかかわることに集中できた」そう思う，少しそう思う94％．「家庭での育児・訓練的な扱い方がよくわかった」そう思う，少しそう思う94％．「子供に良い変化，機能向上がみられた」そう思う，少しそう思う87％．「他児の母親やスタッフとの情報交換がよかった」そう思う，少しそう思う87％であり，親子入所の役割の重要性が明らかとなった．子供の運動機能が集中訓練により少し向上し，母親の療育に対する意欲や扱い方が向上すると，運動発達だけでなく，精神発達の面でも向上がみられ，扱いやすくなり，日常生活の中で，家庭でできることが増え，退所後，次の目標につなげていくことが可能となることの意義は大きい．

Abstract : At the time that they left the rehabilitation facility, we conducted a survey of mothers who had accompanied their children during their stay in the rehabilitation facility. We conducted a five-tiered evaluation of the extent of their satisfaction and of their answers to various questions and studied the significance of mothers accompanying their children during their stay in the rehabilitation facility. There were 334 respondents, and the response rate was 74％. According to the results, 91％ were satisfied or somewhat satisfied ; 94％ thought, or thought to a certain extent, “I was able to concentrate on engaging with my child more than at home”; 94％ thought, or thought to a certain extent, “I gained a good understanding of how to handle childrearing and training at home”; 87％ thought, or thought to a certain extent, “There was a positive change in my child, and I saw improvement in the way my child functioned”; and 87％ thought, or thought to a certain extent, “It was good to be able to exchange information with other mothers and the staff.” The importance of the role played in rehabilitation when mothers and children attended the rehabilitation facility together thus became clear. When a child's motor functions improve through intensive training, and when the mother's motivation regarding rehabilitation increases and her ability to handle the child improves, it is highly significant in many ways : improvement can be seen not only in motor development but also in psychological development. The child becomes easier to handle, the things that can be done in daily life, at home, increase ; and after leaving the facility, it is possible to link the advances made in the rehabilitation facility to setting and attaining new goals.