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Impact of support group intervention on family system strengths of rural caregivers of stroke patients in I ndia
Author(s) -
Malini M. Hema
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
australian journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.48
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1584
pISSN - 1038-5282
DOI - 10.1111/ajr.12126
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , intervention (counseling) , simple random sample , family caregivers , confidence interval , physical therapy , family support , nursing , population , environmental health , mechanical engineering , engineering
Objective The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of support group intervention on family system strengths of rural caregivers of stroke patients. Design True experimental pretest and post‐test design was adopted for the study. Setting The study was conducted in K attankulathur B lock, a rural area in K ancheepuram district, I ndia. Participants Two hundred forty caregivers of stroke patients were selected by simple random sampling technique. Intervention Enrolment in self‐help groups and attending meetings were used as the interventional strategy for the purpose of this study. Main outcome measure The main outcome of the study was to evaluate the impact of support group intervention on family system strengths of rural caregivers of stroke patients. Results Following intervention, the mean score and the standard deviation of the experimental group increased to 44.73 and 5.83, respectively, the control group mean score remained at 22.08 and the standard deviation was 3.07 at t = 37.58. P value was 0.001, which is statistically significant at the confidence interval of 39.45%. Conclusion It was found that there was a significant and positive increase in the family system strengths of caregivers who participated in the self‐help group meetings, thereby suggesting that support group intervention programs are an effective nursing strategy that can be employed for improving the overall well‐being of the caregivers of stroke patients.