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Meeting the Demands of Work and Responsibilities of Caring for a Child With Asthma: Consequences for Caregiver Well-Being

ABSTRACT This study explores work–caregiving conflicts for 98 randomly selected low-income, single parents of children with asthma and how it affects caregiver well-being. Participants, who worked in unionized hospitals in a large urban area and had young children with asthma, were given an in-depth phone survey, which measured quality of life, depressive symptoms, caregiving's positive impact, caregiving burden, work–caregiving conflict, and social support. The findings suggested that work tended to conflict with caregiving more than caregiving conflicted with work, as most participants perceived work as inflexible. In addition, parents relied more on family and friends as social support rather than on workplace or union support, as the union fulfills its responsibility to assure employment maintenance despite difficult working conditions. And although caregiving was viewed as a positive experience, it negatively affected quality of life. This population would benefit from education about policies governing the use of personal time, assistance with developing a plan to disclose their work–caregiving conflict and on how to activate workplace supports, and focus on this assistance being provided at the onset of asthma. Future research and recommendations are made.