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THE EFFECT OF PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON SELF EFFICACY AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG CAREGIVERS OF PATIENTS' WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER.

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Psychiatric and mental health nursing

Abstract

Background: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic illness associated with severely debilitating symptoms that can have difficult effects on both patients and their caregivers. Bipolar disorders are a leading cause of disability worldwide, and people with these disorders experience a lower quality of life than the general population. Therefore, this study aimed at evaluating the effect of psycho-educational intervention on self- efficacy  and quality of life among caregivers of patients of bipolar disorder. It has been carried out using a quasi-experimental research design. The subjects were constituted of 50 caregivers from in-patient Psychiatric Department of Mansoura University Hospital and were chosen according to inclusion criteria. The 50 caregivers were divided into ten groups, five caregivers in each group; each group attended ten sessions (3 sessions /week). In order to collect the necessary information for the study structure interview sheet was used to collect data. There was a statistical significant difference in mean scores of knowledge, self- efficacy, and quality of life before and post the intervention (P<0.05). Conclusion: it is concluded that, knowledge level, self- efficacy and quality of life of caregivers of patients of bipolar disorder improved significantly after psycho-educational intervention.
 

DOI

10.21608/mnj.2018.175836

Keywords

Bipolar Disorder, Family caregiver, Psycho-educational Intervention, Self- efficacy, quality of life

Authors

First Name

Nesma

Last Name

Kamel

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing-Mansoura University

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dr_nesmaahmed@yahoo.com

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First Name

Afaf

Last Name

Abdel-Rahman

MiddleName

Abdel-Hamid

Affiliation

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing- cairo University

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First Name

Osama

Last Name

El-Boraie

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Psychiatric Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine - Mansoura University

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First Name

Mona

Last Name

El –Bilsha

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing-Mansoura University

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Volume

5

Article Issue

3

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22672

Issue Date

2018-10-01

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2018-07-06

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2018-10-01

Page Start

17

Page End

29

Print ISSN

2735-4121

Online ISSN

2735-413X

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https://mnj.journals.ekb.eg/article_175836.html

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1,468

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Mansoura Nursing Journal

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https://mnj.journals.ekb.eg/

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THE EFFECT OF PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON SELF EFFICACY AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG CAREGIVERS OF PATIENTS' WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER.

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23 Jan 2023