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【Abstract】Objective To explore the effects of social support, family closeness and adaptability on depressive symptoms in caregivers of children with bronchial asthma.Methods A total of 84 caregivers of children with bronchial asthma admitted to our hospital from January 2021 to January 2023 were selected and investigated. The severity of depression in caregivers was evaluated using the Self Rating Depression Scale (SDS). Caregivers with SDS scores less than 53 were assigned to the simple caregiver group (n=50), while caregivers with SDS scores ≥ 53 were assigned to the caregiver group with concurrent depression (n=34).Comparing two groups of Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) scores and Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale (FACES II) scores, Pearson analyzed the correlation between depression in caregivers of asthma children and social support, family intimacy, and adaptability..Results The scores of subjective support, objective support, and utilization of support in the group of caregivers with depression were significantly lower than those in the group of caregivers with only depression (P<0.05).The scores of actual intimacy, ideal intimacy, actual adaptability, and ideal adaptability in the group of caregivers with depression were significantly lower than those in the group of caregivers with only children, while the scores of dissatisfaction with intimacy were significantly higher than those in the group of caregivers with only children (P<0.05).Depression score is positively correlated with the score of intimacy dissatisfaction factor, and negatively correlated with social support, actual intimacy, ideal intimacy, actual adaptability, and ideal adaptability factor scores (P<0.05).Conclusion There is a significant correlation between depression, family intimacy and adaptability, and social support in caregivers of children with bronchial asthma. The more severe the depression, the poorer the social support status, and the lower the intimacy and adaptability.
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