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OCCUPATIONAL BALANCE AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY INTERVENTION CENTERS

Parents of children cared for in Child Development and Early Intervention Centers (CDIAT), in addition to the natural upbringing of their children, assume the role of informal caregivers, dedicating a large part of their time to the care of their children.

Parents sacrifice and neglect their own participation in other meaningful activities, thus impacting occupational balance.

Likewise, having a child with early intervention needs can affect levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and emotional well-being, conditions that can therefore alter the mental health of the parents.

Project OBJECTIVES

In parents whose children are cared for in early childhood development and care centers (CDIAT)

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Describe

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Describe involvement in meaningful activities, and occupational balance.

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List

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List the significant activities lost.

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Identify

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Identify the reasons for the loss of significant activities or occupational balance.

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Propose

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Propose actions to recover meaningful activities and occupational balance.

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Explore

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Explore the association between involvement in meaningful activities and occupational balance with mental health (stress, anxiety, depression, and psychological well-being).

EQo-Mental – Project

Mixed study (quantitative descriptive cross-sectional and qualitative action-participation)

Phase 1

Collection of questionnaires from parents by InTeO staff.

Phase 2

Participatory process (1 non-working day):

Needs identification.
Asset identification.
Proposed actions from parents, school and GVA.

Do you want to know what the EQo-Mental project process is like?

You can watch the following informational videos.

NUMBER of Participants

So far, a total of the following have participated:

Total Participants

Mothers

Fathers

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EQo-Mental

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ARTICLES PUBLISHED about the Project

Valera-Gran D, Hurtado-Pomares M, Juárez-Leal I, Muñoz-Sánchez R, Campos-Sánchez I, Noce P, Piñero J, Navarrete-Muñoz EM. The EQo-Mental project: A protocol for a mixed-methods study on occupational balance and mental health in parents of children with developmental delays. PLoS One. 2025;20(12):e0337542. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0337542.

Peral-Gómez P, Belda-Martí A, Prieto-Botella D, Navarrete-Muñoz EM, Hurtado-Pomares M. Traducción y adaptación transcultural al español del cuestionario de Equilibrio Ocupacional de los Cuidadores Informales para su uso en padres/madres cuidadores/as. Cad Bras Ter Ocup. 2025;33:e3936. doi:10.1590/2526-8910.ctoAO403339363

RESEARCHERS of the Project

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS OF THE PROJECT

Miriam Hurtado Pomares

Eva María Navarrete Muñoz

PROJECT COLLABORATING RESEARCH TEAM

Iris Juárez Leal

Desirée Valera Gran

PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS

Rocío Muñoz Sánchez

Josué Esteve Esteban

Irene Campos Sánchez

Encarni Serrano Reina

Mª Paula Noce

Lorena Chaves del Amo

Cristina Manresa

Project FINANCING

Vice-Rectorate for Research and Transfer

2.225€

Consolidated groups (CIAICO/2022088)

90.000€

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