Title

Enhancing caregiver resilience through nursing interventions in intellectual disability care-mixed method approach

Authors

Vijayalakshmi Arumugam¹, Venkatesh Mathan Kumar Vasudevan², Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran³*, Marudan Anbalagan³, Srividhya Balasubramanyan¹, Senthilkumar Azhagirisamy¹ & Maheswari Narayanasamy¹

Affiliation

¹Department of Mental Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ²Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ³Department of Child Health Nursing, College of nursing, Madras medical college, The Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Vijayalakshmi Arumugam - E-mail: vijayallakshmiarumugam@gmail.com

Venkatesh Mathan kumar Vasudevan - E-mail: VVMK75@gmail.com

Shankar shanmugamRajendran - E-mail: shankarshaki@yahoo.com

Marudan Anbalagan - E-mail: anbalagan.avi@gmail.com

Srividhya Balasubramanyan - E-mail: srusur@yahoo.com

Senthilkumar Azhagirisamy - E-mail: senthilkumara12338@gmail.com

Maheswari Narayanasamy - E-mail: mahessuja88@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2025; Revised August 31, 2025; Accepted August 31, 2025, Published August 31, 2025

Abstract

The care expectations and psychological impact on primary caregivers of individuals with intellectual disabilities, focusing on a nurse-led intervention with psychotherapy. Using a mixed-methods approach, qualitative data were collected from 5 caregivers and quantitative data from 60 caregivers over a four-week period. The intervention significantly reduced caregiver distress and strain, with improvements in psychological well-being and coping strategies. Six key themes emerged from the qualitative phase, indicating emotional relief and enhanced caregiving ability. Thus, we show the importance of structured interventions for supporting caregivers' mental health.

Keywords

Care expectations, psychological distress, strain, primary care givers, intellectual disability, nurse led intervention.

Citation

Arumugam et al. Bioinformation 21(8): 2728-2732 (2025)

Edited by

Ritik Kashwani

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.