Kaufman Allan V, Scogin Forrest, Macneil Gordon, Leeper James, Wimberly Joshua
Professor Emeritus, The University of Alabama, School of Social Work, Box 870314, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487.
J Soc Serv Res. 2010 Oct;36(5):445-459. doi: 10.1080/01488376.2010.510949.
This manuscript reports the results of a study that pilot tested a home-delivered, multi-dimensional problem-solving intervention aimed at helping aging parental caregivers of adult children with schizophrenia. The results indicate that the participants (N=5) who received the 10-session intervention showed increased life satisfaction and emotional well being, and reduced feelings of burden, compared to those participants in the control group (N=10). If a planned larger scale evaluation of the intervention provides evidence of its effectiveness, practitioners could have a valuable new treatment tool to provide assistance to this caregiver population.
本手稿报告了一项研究的结果,该研究对一项旨在帮助患有精神分裂症成年子女的老年父母照顾者的家庭式多维问题解决干预措施进行了试点测试。结果表明,与对照组(N = 10)的参与者相比,接受了10节课程干预的参与者(N = 5)生活满意度提高,情绪状况改善,负担感减轻。如果对该干预措施进行的计划中的更大规模评估能证明其有效性,那么从业者将拥有一种有价值的新治疗工具,可为这一照顾者群体提供帮助。