Difficulties Fulfilling Self-Care Needs Among Family Caregivers: An Observational Study.

Importance: Assuming the care of a family member with a disability or chronic illness constitutes a health risk factor for caregivers, who frequently overlook their own self-care.

Objective: To analyze the self-care activities (SCAs) among caregivers of a family member with a disability or chronic illness and assess the impact on their satisfaction and quality of life (QoL).

Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional, analytic study.

Childhood Health Assets in a Spanish Neighborhood: Children and Families' Perception.

The health assets (HA; factors or resources that maintain or improves health) approach has hardly been incorporated in occupational therapy, and even less so in research focused on children's perception. The objective of this study was to provide context-specific empirical evidence regarding children and families' perception of childhood HA, paying special attention to the occupational dimension. We used a mixed methods design including qualitative research with 130 children using various techniques (brainstorming, focus groups, thematic drawing, and individual interview) and a descriptive study based on a questionnaire answered by 58 families.