Adapting Multiple-Family Group Treatment for Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Intervention Development and Preliminary Outcomes

Rodgers, Martina L.; Strode, Anne D.; Norell, Diane; Short, Robert; Dyck, Dennis G.; Becker, Bruce E.

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“…Training programs focusing on the individuals' resourcefulness and mechanisms of selfcontrol, as well as family func tioning, are promising ways to promote psycholog ical wellbeing. Previous studies have shown that activities that increase selfesteem (Yagmurlu, Yag murlu, & Yilmaz, 2009) and interventions targeting copingeffectiveness for both the affected individuals (e.g., Kennedy, Duff, Evans, & Beedie, 2003) and their families (e.g., Rodgers et al, 2007) contribute signifi cantly to improvements in their problemsolving skills, adjustment to disability, and lowering depres sive feelings, while also promoting family harmony. Our results suggest that interventions which pro mote the resources of the individuals with disability and their caregivers, as well as promoting a positive family environment, may help minimize the depres sive feelings of individuals with orthopedic disability.…”

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Personal and familial predictors of depressive feelings in people with orthopedic disability

Secinti¹,

Selçuk²,

Harma³

2017

Health Psychology Report

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People with orthopedic disability experience limitations in physical ability, which can cause psychological problems such as depressive feelings. This paper investigates the role of family environment, caregiver characteristics, and personal resources in the acceptance of disability and depressive feelings of persons with orthopedic disability. participants and procedureData were collected from 161 Turkish people with orthopedic disability (mean age = 35.60 years, SD = 10.18) and their family caregivers (e.g., parent, spouse). The participants with disability completed scales for functional independence, acceptance of disability, family environment, locus of control, learned resourcefulness, and depression. The family caregivers completed measures of social support, their own depression, burden of caregiving, and acceptance-rejection of their care recipient. resultsAnalyses via multivariate statistics and SEM showed that depressive feelings of individuals with orthopedic disability and their acceptance of the disability were predicted by multiple factors, including the affected persons' learned resourcefulness and locus of control, family environment, and interactions with their family caregiver, but not by their functional independence. conclusionsOverall, a supportive family environment and acceptance of disability appear to lower the risk of having depression for individuals with orthopedic disability. Family caregivers' attitudes towards their care recipients were related to the family environment, and feelings of burden appeared to impair the affected individuals' acceptance of their condition. (Pierangelo & Giu liani, 2007). Whether congenital or acquired (traumati cally or gradually), orthopedic disability exerts a major impact on the affected individuals and their families (Keany & Gluekauf, 1993). Limitations in physical abil ity not only adversely influence the mobility of people with orthopedic disability, but can also cause social and psychological problems such as depression (Crichlow, Andres, Morrison, Haley, & Vrahas, 2006;. In order to alleviate these problems, it is important to identify factors that contribute to the depressive feelings they may experience.People with orthopedic disability can often en counter problems such as pain and a progressive decline of energy and muscle use, and may need as sistance for various daily activities such as eating, dressing, transfer, and bowel and bladder care (Rob insonWhelen & Rintala, 2003; Weitzenkamp, Ger hart, Charlifue, & Whiteneck, 1997). Therefore, there is usually a family caregiver who lives with people with orthopedic disabilities and interacts with them on a daily basis (Dreer, Elliott, Shewchuk, Berry, & Rivera, 2007). Due to such a living arrangement that requires continual interaction between the indi vidual with disability and his/her relative, the char acteristics and functioning of the caregiving family member might be among the factors affecting the emotional wellbeing of individuals with disabilities. Yet research on this topic is l...

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Personal and familial predictors of depressive feelings in people with orthopedic disability

Secinti¹,

Selçuk²,

Harma³

2017

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“…Family members were interested in how the treatment affects the progress of both rehabilitation and recovery. Family members also sought information about the patient's medical treatment (Arango-Lasprilla et al, 2010;McCabe et al, 2007;Murray, Maslany, & Jeffery, 2006;Rodgers et al, 2007;Wongvatunyu & Porter, 2005). Family members needed to be reassured that the patient was receiving the best possible care.…”

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Support for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients’ Family Members in Neurosurgical Nursing

Coco

Tossavainen

Jääskeläinen

et al. 2011

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

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This systematic literature review describes how adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients' family members received support. The research question was "What in healthcare constitutes support for a TBI patient's family members?" The data for this review were based on 22 empirical studies published in scientific journals in 2004-2010, which were found in the Cinahl, PsychINFO, and ISI Web of Knowledge databases. The review includes the study design, sample, method, and main results. The data were analyzed using content analysis. Social support for brain injury patients' family members was divided into 3 main categories: informational, emotional, and practical support. The subcategories of informational support were information about the patient's symptoms, information about care, quality of information, and information about the prognosis. The subcategories of emotional support were taking emotions into account, caring, listening, and respecting. The subcategories of practical support were support in decision making, promoting the welfare of the family, encouraging family members to participate in care, cooperation with the family members, and counseling services. The results are available for nurses in practical work. The review offers nurses a structure for supporting TBI patients' families, and according to this review, supporting TBI patients' families appears to have many dimensions. The results suggest that nurses should be informed that it is important for family members to know the facts about TBI to understand the condition and to receive practical advice on how to help their significant other with TBI with daily activities. In addition, the results provide a basis for further research and development of interventions that support brain injury patients and their family members.

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“…MFG has been found to improve the management of other psychiatric and neurological conditions (e.g., schizophrenia, traumatic brain injury) and decrease health care usage (Dyck et al, 2002;McFarlane, 2002;McFarlane, Link, Dushay, Marchal, & Crilly, 1995;Rodgers et al, 2007). In this intervention, we modified the standard MFG format of McFarlane (2002) to include formalized training in cognitive rehabilitation strategies.…”

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Cognitive Rehabilitation Multi-family Group Intervention for Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Their Care-Partners

Schmitter‐Edgecombe

Dyck

2014

J Int Neuropsychol Soc

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There is increasing need for early, pro-active programs that can delay dementia diagnosis and enhance well-being of individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and their care-partners (i.e., care-dyads). This randomized controlled trial evaluated the efficacy of a combined cognitive rehabilitation and multi-family group treatment (CR-MFG) that was designed to facilitate adoption of newly learned cognitive strategies into the care-dyads everyday lives. Analyzed data included 23 care-dyads who participated in CR-MFG treatment and 23 care-dyads in standard care (SC). The 3-month intervention consisted of individual joining sessions, an educational workshop, and 20/twice weekly multifamily memory strategy training and problem-solving sessions. Everyday functioning, memory, and psychological functioning (i.e., quality-of-life, depression, coping) were assessed. The CR-MFG intervention was associated with significant post-test group differences and improved post-test performances by the MCI participants on performance-based measures of everyday functioning and neuropsychological tests of memory. There was also some suggestion that CR-MFG care-partners perceived positive change in the everyday functioning of the MCI participants. In contrast, no post-test group differences were found for either care-dyad member on the self-report psychological measures; care-partners in the treatment group did self-report improved coping behaviors at post-test. These 3-month results are preliminary but suggestive that CR-MFG may produce modest, practical everyday functional benefits for persons with MCI. (JINS, 2014, 20, 897-908)

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Adapting Multiple-Family Group Treatment for Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Intervention Development and Preliminary Outcomes

Abstract: The findings support the adaptation of MFGT for brain and spinal cord injuries.

Cited by 52 publications

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Personal and familial predictors of depressive feelings in people with orthopedic disability

Personal and familial predictors of depressive feelings in people with orthopedic disability

Support for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients’ Family Members in Neurosurgical Nursing

Cognitive Rehabilitation Multi-family Group Intervention for Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Their Care-Partners

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