The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the psychoeducation received by the family members of the patients with first-episode schizophrenia on the expressed emotion (EE) and the family functioning of the family members. This study has a quasi-experimental design with a control group. The sample of the study was 60 family members (30 experimental -30 control) of the patients with first-episode schizophrenia. The experimental group received 9 weeks of psychoeducation as a group. EE and family functioning were assessed at the beginning and at the end of the psychoeducation program. EE criticism/hostility and over involvement-protecting-intervention levels of the family members have decreased at the end of the psychoeducation (p < 0.05). Family functioning has changed too at the end of the psychoeducation (p < 0.05), and assessed as more healthy. Consequently, early psychoeducational groups may be effective in decreasing EE level and improving the family functioning for a family member of patient with first-episode schizophrenia.
This study has been carried out descriptively and qualitatively in order to investigate the sexual behavior of patients receiving peritoneal dialysis. The study was conducted with 35 patients whose peritoneal dialysis treatments were ongoing in the peritoneal dialysis unit. The data was collected through semistructured and in-depth individual interviews. All interviews were tape-recorded. The raw results were obtained by analyzing the content of the recorded data. As a result of the content analysis three major themes, sexual life before peritoneal dialysis treatment, sexual life during peritoneal dialysis treatment and sexual values and conduct, and 18 (on-eight) sub-themes have been formed. According to the findings of the investigation, peritoneal dialysis patients perceive sexuality as sexual relations, womanhood duty and the basis of marriage; that they did not have sexual problems before illness, that the illness has unfavorably affected their sexual life and that there should be no sexuality during illness. In the light of these findings, almost all peritoneal dialysis patients have sexual concerns during or following treatment. Interventions directed at eliminating patients' sexual problems will have a part in improving their quality of life.
This research was conducted experientially in order to determine the effect of consultancy service given to individuals, who had kidney transplant, from the pre-operation process until the first month after transplantation in the postoperation adaptation process. The population was constituted of 417 patients of a university hospital?s transplantation unit who had kidney transplant between the dates of July 2009 and October 2010. The sample was constituted of 74 persons (37 control, 37 experiment) chosen by using’Simple Random Sampling’ method. In this research, 12 interviews, beginning in the pre-operation process and including the sixth month after discharge from hospital, have been done with the experiment group. Survey data were collected by using Personal Information Form, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, Quality of Life Scale and Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale in the 3rd and 6th months of postoperation. Survey data were evaluated in computer environment. According to the results of this study, in the controls that are made in the 3rd and 6th months, it was seen that quality of life points were statistically relatively higher in the control group when compared to the experimental group. In conclusion, it was determined in this study that depressive disorder symptoms of the patients, to whom consultancy service was given, decrease in the long term; state-trait anxiety levels drop away and also psychosocial adaptation and life quality levels increase.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.