Abstract
Purpose:Thepurposeof this studywastodevelopatelephone-basedsupport groupprogramfor familycaregivers providing long-term care for elders and to identify the program's effects on depression, caregiving burden and satisfaction. Methods:A non-equivalent control pre-post designwasused. Participants were recruitedfrom sup- port groups in 3 long-term care agencies and were assigned to the experimental group (n=16) or control group (n=19) receiving usual care. Fortheexperimental group, the telephone-basedsupport groupintervention, consist- ing of the self-help group activity in small group, given for 8 weeks. Outcomes included changes in depression, caregiving burden and satisfaction. Data were analyzed using Fisher's exact test andMann-WhitneyU-test with SPSS/WIN 21.0. Results: After 8 weeks intervention, the experimental group had significantly increased care- giving satisfaction (Z=-2.39, p=.017) compared to the control group. Within the experimental group, scores for depression were significantly decreased (Z=-2.26, p=.024) but not the caregiving burden (Z=-0.99, p=.320). Conclusion:The results indicate that a telephone-based support group program is effective in increasing care- givingsatisfaction, anddecreasing depression. Therefore, it can be utilizedinthe field of nursing for familycare- givers providing long-term care for elders.
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