Effect on Self-Efficacy and Reinstatement in Psychoeducation Program for Depression Patients

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26861967
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Ryotokuji University
• Principal Investigator: Nemoto Tomomi 了徳寺大学, 健康科学部, 講師 (10633240)
• Research Collaborator: Aihara Tomonao ; Goto Hiromi
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 復職支援 / 心理教育 / うつ病

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the effect on self-efficacy in psychoeducation program for depression patients.
Seven participants entered the program consisting of 4 sessions. They attended the session once a week repeatedly. During the sessions, participants were provided with information about the self-management of symptoms and they shared their own experiences and ideas with each other. Four of the seven participants were tested on the effectiveness of the program. Every time the 4th session ended, we compared the differences in each one’s change of self-efficacy and their clinical symptoms. The results showed that the averages of self-efficacy scores of all the four participants had improved after the program, although each one’s score had gone up and down during it. With this fact we consider the program to be clinically effective. It was suggested that this kind of educational interventions in reinstatement support should be done repeatedly according to the patient’s conditions.

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