ผลของกลุ่มช่วยเหลือตนเองและการเสริมสร้างพลังอำนาจต่อภาระการดูแลของผู้ดูแลผู้ป่วยจิตเภทในชุมชน / บุบผา ธนิกกุล = The effect of self-help group and empowerment on burden of caregivers of schizophirenic patients in community / Bubpha Thanikkul
The purposes of this two groups pretest-posttest quasi experimental research were : 1) to compare the burden in caring of caregivers of schizophrenic patients before and after the participation in Self-Help Group and Empowerment program, and 2) to compare the burden in caring of schizophrenic patients who participated in Self-Help Group and Empowerment program and those who participated in regular caring activities. A research sample of 30 caregivers who attended schizophrenic patients to Psychiatric clinic, Out-patient unit, Napalai Hospital, were matched pair and then randomly assigned to experimental group and control group, 15 subjects in each group. The experimental group participated in Self-Help Group and Empowerment program composed of 6 group activities to decrease caregivers’ burden, 2 types, 1) subjective burden and 2) objective burden. The control group received regular caring activities. Research instruments were: 1) The Self-Help Group and Empowerment program, 2) The caregiver burden scale, and 3) The Psychological empowerment scale. All instruments were validated for content validity by 5 professional experts. The Chronbach’s Alpha coefficient of reliability of the two scale instruments were .86 and .77, respectively. The t-test was used in data analysis.
Major findings were as follows: 1) The burden in caring of caregivers of schizophrenic patients who participated in Self-Help Group and Empowerment program was significantly lower than that before, at .05 level. 2) After the experiment, the burden in caring of caregivers of schizophrenic patients who participated in Self-Help Group and Empowerment program was significantly lower than those caregivers who received regular caring activities at .05 level.