Psychiatric Nursing Intervention program for Enhancing Quality of Life among Family Caregivers of Psychotic Patients

Abstract

Background: Family caregivers play an important role in the treatment and recovery of psychotic patients, however, they may affect their quality of life. This study aimed to enhance the quality of life among family caregivers of psychotic patients. Study design: a quasi-experimental design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted at psychiatric outpatient clinics affiliated to Fayoum university hospital. Subject: purposive sample of 50 family caregivers of the psychotic patient and meet the inclusion criteria. Data collection tools: (1) Socio-demographic interview questionnaire to assess sociodemographic characteristics. (2) Experience of caring inventory to assess caregiver knowledge about psychotic disorders (3) Quality of life questionnaire to assess caregiver quality of life. Results: The present study revealed that there was an improvement in the total knowledge about psychotic disorders among the studied family caregivers post-program implementation, there was a highly statistically significant difference between post-program compared to pre-program regarding the level of quality of life. Also, there was a high positive correlation between total score of knowledge and total score quality of life among family caregivers of psychotic pre-post program implementation. Conclusion: Psychiatric nursing intervention program had a positive effect on caregiver knowledge and enhanced their quality of Life, also there was a high positive correlation between total score of knowledge and total score quality of life among family caregivers of psychotic pre-post program implementation. Recommendations: design and implement continuous educational programs for family caregivers to provide them with skills for dealing with burdens and stressors which may play an important role in the enhancement of quality of life