Effects of Women Focused Relapse Prevention Program on Abstinence Self-efficacy and Depression in Alcoholic Women.
10.12934/jkpmhn.2011.20.1.13
- Author:
Eun Ju BONG
1
;
Chung Sook LEE
Author Information
1. Naju National Hospital, Korea. b-e-j@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Relapse prevention;
Abstinence self-efficacy;
Depression;
Alcoholic women
- MeSH:
Alcoholics*;
Data Collection;
Depression*;
Female;
Humans;
Nursing;
Questionnaires;
Recurrence*;
Statistics, Nonparametric
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2011;20(1):13-24
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was done to assess effects of women focused relapse prevention program on abstinence self-efficacy and depression in alcoholic women. METHODS: This study was a non-equivalent control group non-synchronized design with two groups, an experimental group (13 patients) and a control group (16 patients). The instruments were the Situational Confidence Questionnaire (SCQ-39) and the Beck depression Inventory (BDI). Data collection was done between July and December, 2008, during which a pre-test, the total of 8 group sessions for four weeks, and a post-test were given to alcoholic women who were admitted to K hospital in U city and D hospital in G city. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Fisher's exact test, Mann-Whitney U test and ANCOVA with SPSS/WIN program. RESULTS: The scores for abstinence self-efficacy were significantly higher and for depression lower, for the experimental group after the women focused relapse prevention program. CONCLUSION: This study shows that the women focused relapse prevention program can be applied as an effective nursing intervention by clinical nurses.
