Kim, N.; Kim, S.-J.; Jeong, G.-H.; Oh, Y.; Jang, H.; Kim, A.-L. The Effects of Group Art Therapy on the Primary Family Caregivers of Hospitalized Patients with Brain Injuries in South Korea. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2021, 18, 5000.
Kim, N.; Kim, S.-J.; Jeong, G.-H.; Oh, Y.; Jang, H.; Kim, A.-L. The Effects of Group Art Therapy on the Primary Family Caregivers of Hospitalized Patients with Brain Injuries in South Korea. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 5000.
Kim, N.; Kim, S.-J.; Jeong, G.-H.; Oh, Y.; Jang, H.; Kim, A.-L. The Effects of Group Art Therapy on the Primary Family Caregivers of Hospitalized Patients with Brain Injuries in South Korea. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2021, 18, 5000.
Kim, N.; Kim, S.-J.; Jeong, G.-H.; Oh, Y.; Jang, H.; Kim, A.-L. The Effects of Group Art Therapy on the Primary Family Caregivers of Hospitalized Patients with Brain Injuries in South Korea. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 5000.
Abstract
This study examined the effects of group art therapy on depression, burden, and self-efficacy in primary family caregivers of patients with brain injuries. This was a quasi-experimental, nonequivalent control group and a pre- and post-test design. This study was carried out in one national rehabilitation hospital targeting 41 primary family caregivers of patients with brain injuries. Group art therapy intervention was carried out three days per week for 12 times over four consecutive weeks. The experimental group (n = 20) received group art therapy, whereas the control group (n = 21) did not. We used a time difference method to minimize the risk of contaminating the control group by sampling sequentially. The experimental group showed a significantly greater decrease in burden (t = 2.462, p = 0.020) and significantly greater improvement in self-efficacy (t = −6.270, p < 0.001) than the control group. Group art therapy may be an effective nursing intervention for primary family caregivers of patients with brain injuries.
Keywords
art therapy; brain injuries; caregivers; depression; self-efficacy
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Accounting and Taxation
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