THE EFFECT OF PSYCHOEDUCATION ON CARE BURDEN APPLIED TO MOTHERS OF CHILDREN UNDERWENT BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION
Project no. 847 · Status: Kapanmış · 2016
Summary
Introduction and Purpose: This study was conducted in order to effect of semi-structured and the individualized psychoeducation on the care burden of mothers of children underwent bone marrow transplantation. Method: The research was structured as a single group, pre-test-post-test and follow-up test. Twenty-one mothers whose children were allogenic bone marrow transplantation constituted the sample of the study. “Identification Information Form” and “Clinically Adapted Zarit Burden Interview” (ZBI-TR-18) were used for data collecting. Psychoeducation consisted of four sessions each of which taked one hours, discussing bone marrow transplantation and care, feelings to illness, stress and anger management, and family-partner-social relationships. The results were analyzed via descriptive analysis, correlation analysis, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and bonferroni test. Findings: The mothers’ mean age was calculated as 35,38±6,4 and median of their duration of staying at the hospital was 45 days. 28,6 % of the mothers had only high school and above degree and 90,4% of the participating mothers were housewives whereas only one mother was single. Mothers’ average ZBI-TR-18 scores were recorded as 26,85±12,9, 20,42±12,66, and 20,52±11,49 at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up test respectively. After psychoeducation, a significant difference was found between pre-test-post-test (p=0,006, p<0,05) and pre-test-follow-up test (p=0,001, <0,05) score means. There was no significant difference between the post-test-follow-up test score means (p =0,94 p>0.05). Conclusion and Suggestions: Results of the study indicated that this psychoeducation had a positive impact on care burden. It is advised that psychoeducations based on the needs should be provided to the mothers with caring responsibilities during challenging periods like bone marrow transplant. It is foreseen that psychoeducation applications help reducing the care burden of the mothers, increasing the quality of care provided to the children and decreasing the physical and mental symptoms observed at the mothers. Keywords: Bone marrow transplant, mother, psychoeducation, psychiatry nurse.