The Effect of a Social Support Program on Family Caregivers' Role Strain in Elderly Long-term Home Care

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Res Community Public Health Nurs. 2014;25(2):137-145

Publication date (electronic) : 2014 June 30

doi : https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2014.25.2.137

¹Department of Nursing, Education Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea.

²College of Nursing, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea.

Corresponding author: Park, Kyung Min. College of Nursing, Keimyung University, 1095 Dalgubeol-daero, Dalseo-gu, Daegu 704-701, Korea. Tel: +82-53-580-3904, Fax: +82-53-580-3926, kmp@kmu.ac.kr

Received 2014 May 22; Revised 2014 June 14; Accepted 2014 June 24.

Abstract

Purpose

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of a social support program on family caregivers' role strain in elderly long-term home care.

Methods

The research adopted a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The number of participants was 25 in the experimental group and 25 in the control group sampled among family caregivers in elderly long-term home care. The experimental group participated in a 10-session social support program, which consisted of physical, emotional, informational, and material support. The effect of the program was evaluated by measuring family caregivers' role strain.

Results

The experimental group showed a significant decrease in family caregivers' role strain in elderly long-term home care.

Conclusion

The result suggests that the social support program was effective in decreasing family caregivers' role strain in elderly long-term home care. There is a need to develop more effective and systematicsocial support programsfor family caregivers of elderly long-term home care.

Keywords: Social support; Family caregivers; Elderly; Home care

Notes

This manuscript is a condensed from of the first author's master's thesis from Keimyung University.

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