The Effects of a Support Group Intervention on the Burden of Primary Family Caregivers of Stroke Patients.
10.4040/jkan.2007.37.5.693
- Author:
Eun Kwang YOO
1
;
Sanghee JEON
;
Jeong Eun YANG
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Korea. glory@hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Controlled Clinical Trial ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Support group intervention;
Stroke;
Family caregivers;
Burden
- MeSH:
Adaptation, Psychological;
Adult;
Attitude to Health;
Caregivers/education/*psychology;
Family/*psychology;
Family Relations;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Models, Nursing;
*Self-Help Groups;
Socioeconomic Factors;
Stroke/*nursing
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2007;37(5):693-702
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate the effects of a support group intervention on the burden of primary family caregivers of stroke patients. METHOD: A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The subjects were 36 primary family caregivers of stroke patients [experimental(N=18) and control(N=18) groups] in a neurosurgery ward of a university hospital. The experimental group members participated in six sessions of a support group intervention for two weeks and the degree of their caregiving burden was evaluated. Data was analyzed by Chi-square tests, t-tests, and paired t-tests using SPSS 10.0. RESULT: The experimental group had a significantly lower total burden score (t=2.061, p= .047)and sub-scales of emotional(t=-3.319, p= .002), time-dependent(t=-2.045, p= .049) and developmental(t=-2.656, p= .012) burden scores than the control group, while no significant differences were found in physical, social or financial burden scores between the two groups. Within the experimental group, there was a significant decrease in physical(t=2.507, p= .023), emotional(t=4.754, p= .000), social(t=2.932, p= .009), time- dependent(t=5.015, p= .000) and developmental(t=7.541, p= .000) burden scores but not the financial burden score. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that a support group intervention can be utilized as an effective nursing program to reduce the burden of primary family caregivers of stroke patients.
