The Effect of Psychosocial Counseling Sessions on Family Caregivers Living with Patients having Dementia | ||
| Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 8, Volume 9, Issue 1 - Serial Number 2013, 2013, Pages 103-118 PDF (273.19 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/znj.2013.38647 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Marwa Abd El-Fattah Elsalamoni1; Mona Hassan Abdel Aal2; Salwa Abbas Ali3; Sorayia Ramadan Abd El-Fattah4 | ||
| 1Assistant lecturer, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Zagazig University | ||
| 2Assistant Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Zagazig University | ||
| 4Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Each caregiver responds differently to his/her role, depending primarily on the emotional closeness that existed prior to assuming the responsibility, and the ability to adapt to the strain incumbent within the caregiver role over an extended period of time. Aim: This study was conducted to assess the effect of psychosocial counseling sessions on family caregivers living with patients having dementia. Quasi-experimental design was used in this study. Setting : the outpatient clinic of El-Abassia government hospital for mental health, and geriatric center in Ain shams university hospital. It included sample of 61 caregivers in pre counseling that decreased in post counseling to 49 caregivers. The tools of data collection; were interview questionnaire form, burden of the family caregivers, and adaptive coping scale. The study results showed that the majority of family members who got anxiety or depression were 95.1%in pre test, while 12.2% in post test. Implementation of counseling intervention sessions showed a statistically significantly improvement in family caregivers’ knowledge about the disease. The study concluded that psychosocial counseling session for family caregiver of dementia patient improves caregiver knowledge and coping strategies increased post counseling. The study recommended, health education should conducted an every caregiver setting provide care for demented patient about knowledge about disease, and support family by provided them with educating caregivers about this target and explaining that they must take care of themselves is of utmost importance. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Dementia; psychosocial counseling; Coping strategies; family caregivers | ||
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