Nursing Care Research Center (NCRC), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2021 Jun;35(3):290-295. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2021.02.004. Epub 2021 Mar 3.
Psycho-education may have a positive effect on family caregivers of clients with mental disorders, and promote positive psychological states such as hope. The present study aims to investigate the effect of virtual social network-based psycho-education on the hope of family caregivers of clients with severe mental disorders. This study is a quasi-experimental research with a control and experimental groups. The participants of the study were 72 family caregivers of clients with severe mental disorders (36 in each group). Data were collected using demographic questionnaire and Adult Hope Scale before the study, immediately after the end of the training (first post-test), and 4 weeks afterwards (second post-test). The experimental group received psycho-education through Telegram App for four weeks. The results of the demographic questionnaire showed that both groups were homogeneous. The results of the Adult Hope Scale indicated that the mean score of both control and experimental groups were statistically significant and increased in the experimental group (P < 0.001). In addition, the changes of hope score in the experimental group were statistically significant in the first post-test than the pre-test, and in the second post-test than the first post-test and pre-test (P < 0.001). The findings of this study suggested that virtual social network-based psycho-education promotes the hopes of the family caregivers of clients with severe mental disorders. Due to the low cost and fast access of people to virtual networks, the content of this educational program can be widely used for family caregivers.
心理教育可能对精神障碍患者的家庭照顾者产生积极影响，并促进希望等积极的心理状态。本研究旨在探讨基于虚拟社交网络的心理教育对严重精神障碍患者家庭照顾者希望的影响。这是一项具有对照组和实验组的准实验研究。研究对象为 72 名严重精神障碍患者的家庭照顾者（每组 36 名）。在研究前、培训结束后立即（第一次后测）和 4 周后（第二次后测）使用人口统计学问卷和成人希望量表收集数据。实验组通过 Telegram App 接受四周的心理教育。人口统计学问卷的结果表明，两组都是同质的。成人希望量表的结果表明，对照组和实验组的平均得分都有统计学意义且在实验组中增加（P < 0.001）。此外，实验组的希望得分在第一次后测中比前测有统计学意义，在第二次后测中比第一次后测和前测有统计学意义（P < 0.001）。本研究结果表明，基于虚拟社交网络的心理教育促进了严重精神障碍患者家庭照顾者的希望。由于虚拟网络的低成本和人们快速访问的特点，这个教育项目的内容可以广泛应用于家庭照顾者。
