Effects of solution-focused brief therapy in clinical nurses

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) method on the psychological resilience of clinical nurses. Methods By convenience sampling, 80 nurses from internal medicine department in a ClassⅢ hospital in Shanghai who volunteered to participate in the research were enrolled in the study and divided into control group (n=40) and intervention group (n=40) according to random number table. Routine professional training was adopted in the control group. The SFBT techniques was adopted in the intervention group, group psychological training was carried out once a week for four weeks. The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) , Chinese Version of the Social Problem-Solving Inventory (C-SPSI) , Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) were used before the first intervention, the last intervention, and one month after intervention in the assessment. Results After intervention, the total scores of CD-RISC and each dimensions, C-SPSI and each dimensions, and coping tendency in SCSQ in the intervention group were higher than those in the control group with statistical significance (P<0.05) . The total scores of CD-RISC of nurses in the two groups were influenced by time and grouping, the interactive effect was significant (P<0.05) . The total scores of CD-RISC and dimensions of nurses in intervention group were higher than those before intervention, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05) . Conclusions SFBT group psychological training for clinical nurses can significantly improve the level of psychological resilience of nurses, and has the same effect on nurses' problem-solving ability and positive coping and is worth popularizing. Key words: Nurses; Psychological resilience; Coping style; Solution-focused brief therapy; Problem-solving