EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPPORTIVE GROUP EDUCATION ON THE LEVEL OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AMONG WOMEN WITH CANCER
The study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of supportive group education on the level of depression and anxiety among women with cancer. The study was conducted in Bharat Hospital and institute oncology. The sample consisted of 31 women with cancer, each in both experimental and control gr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Indian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing |
| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/2231-1505.261778 |
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| Summary: | The study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of supportive group education on the level of depression and anxiety among women with cancer. The study was conducted in Bharat Hospital and institute oncology. The sample consisted of 31 women with cancer, each in both experimental and control group respectively. Samples were selected by using non probability convenient sampling technique. The tools used for data collection were Performa for personal and socio-demographic data, The Hamilton scale for depression (HAM-D), The Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HAM-A). Supportive group education was developed consists of 2 phases, phase I dealt with meaning & definition of cancer, it's types, prevention, management, emotional support, attitudes that can help can help cancer patient. In phase II, Researcher encouraged the participatants to interact with each other, to express their feeling and share their ways of dealing with problems. The tools were validated and reliability obtained by using test retest method. Pilot study was conducted to find the feasibility of conducting study. The findings revealed that, the post test depression and anxiety scores of women with cancer who have exposed to supportive group education had significantly lower mean post test depression and anxiety scores than that of control group. There was significant association found at 0.05 levels between levels of depression and income. There was a positive correlation (‘r’= 0.75) at 0.05 level between pre-test depression and anxiety scores among women with cancer. |
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| ISSN: | 2231-1505 |