Karakurt Nurgul, Erden Yasemin, Turan Gulcan Bahcecioğlu, Bakir Ercan
Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum, Türkiye.
Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Firat University, Elazig, Türkiye.
Scand J Caring Sci. 2025 Jun;39(2):e70038. doi: 10.1111/scs.70038.
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of self-compassion training given to the relatives of patients hospitalised in the palliative care unit on the care burden and self-compassion of patient relatives.
The study is a randomised, controlled experimental study in pretest-posttest design. The study was conducted between February 2024 and June 2024 with the relatives of the patients who received care and treatment in the palliative care unit of a hospital in eastern Turkey. The study was completed with 30 patient relatives in the intervention group and 32 patient relatives in the control group. The patient relatives in the intervention group received 40-50 min of self-compassion training for 8 weeks. No intervention was given to the control group. Personal Information Form, Self-Compassion Scale, and Caregiver Burden Scale were used to collect the data.
While there was no significant difference in the total mean scores of the caregiver burden scale and self-compassion scale of the intervention group before the intervention compared to the control group (p > 0.05), a significant difference was found after the intervention (p < 0.05). When the regression coefficients were analysed, it was found that self-compassion training negatively affected the total mean score of the caregiver burden scale and explained 55% of its variance, while it positively affected the total mean score of the self-compassion scale and explained 55% of its variance.
This study shows that self-compassion training given to the relatives of patients hospitalised in the palliative care unit is effective in terms of reducing the burden of care and increasing their self-compassion. Relatives of patients who received self-compassion training experienced a decrease in their care burden and an increase in their self-compassion. These findings emphasise the importance of self-compassion training in supporting the relatives of patients in palliative care.
本研究旨在探讨对姑息治疗病房住院患者家属进行自我同情训练对患者家属护理负担和自我同情的影响。
本研究是一项采用前测-后测设计的随机对照实验研究。该研究于2024年2月至2024年6月期间，在土耳其东部一家医院的姑息治疗病房对接受护理和治疗的患者家属进行。干预组有30名患者家属，对照组有32名患者家属，研究完成。干预组的患者家属接受了为期8周、每次40 - 50分钟的自我同情训练。对照组未进行干预。使用个人信息表、自我同情量表和照顾者负担量表收集数据。
干预组在干预前照顾者负担量表和自我同情量表的总平均分与对照组相比无显著差异（p > 0.05），但干预后发现有显著差异（p < 0.05）。分析回归系数时发现，自我同情训练对照顾者负担量表的总平均分有负面影响，并解释了其55%的方差，而对自我同情量表的总平均分有正面影响，并解释了其55%的方差。
本研究表明，对姑息治疗病房住院患者家属进行自我同情训练在减轻护理负担和增强他们的自我同情方面是有效的。接受自我同情训练的患者家属的护理负担有所减轻，自我同情有所增强。这些发现强调了自我同情训练在支持姑息治疗患者家属方面的重要性。
