Evaluating Process, Outcome, and Satisfaction in Community-Based Cancer Support Groups

Glajchen, Myra; Magen, Randy H.

doi:10.1300/j009v18n01_04

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“…Apparently, joint induction from social workers and peers creates collaborative opportunities to strengthen social work support for the elderly. These opportunities can weave an encompassing network blending formal and informal support, the benefit of which is evident in the approach of group work, including such features as harmony, cohesion, reciprocity, reinforcement, and identification (Bunt, 1994;Cameron, 2002;Glajchen & Magen, 1995). For instance, a social worker input would receive collective support and reinforcement when a group of older people is supportive of the input.…”

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Inducting older adults into volunteer work to sustain their psychological well-being

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Kwan

2006

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Inducting older adults into volunteer work to sustain their psychological well-being

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Kwan

2006

Ageing Int.

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“…This investigation built on the results of our previous study of support group outcome (Glajchen & Magen, 1995). The first study was undertaken to answer the basic question "Are the support groups effective?"…”

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“…Support groups with an added educational component have been shown to improve both patients' attitudes toward medical treatment and their ability to cope in light of a serious illness such as cancer (Fawzy, Cousins, et al, 1990;Fawzy, Fawzy, et al, 1993;Feldman, 1993). Glajchen and Magen (1995) demonstrated that both cancer patients and relatives of patients achieved more optimal emotional functioning following support group participation. However, these studies have focused exclusively on client outcome and consumer satisfaction, ignoring empirically the group context of the intervention.…”

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Cancer Support Groups: Client Outcome and the Context of Group Process

Magen

Glajchen

1999

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Objective: This project had two questions: (a)To what extent did clients improve after participation in the cancer support groups? and (b) What was the relationship between outcome and clients' perceptions of group process? Method: Clients participating in 12 cancer support groups were administered the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), a consumer satisfaction questionnaire, and a self-report version of Yalom's Curative Factors Questionnaire. Results: BSI results pointed to statistically significant reductions in emotional distress. About one third of the clients moved into the normative distribution of the BSI from the distressed distribution. The group processes with the highest mean scores were cohesion, existential factors, instillation of hope, altruism, and universality. There were no significant correlations between BSI scores and group processes. Conclusion: These results are discussed in terms of the need to identify both the outcome and process of support group participation as well as establish an empirical link between the two.

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“…Some of the processes reported in these two studies, such as those of mutual support, verbalization and social comparison, are processes commonly associated with support groups (Cuijpers, Hosman & Munnichs, 1996;Glajchen & Magen, 1995;Gottlieb, 1998). Psycho-educational groups may be able to engage both an educational process and a peer support process by using an approach similar to that of Schultz et al (1993), which is to bring caregivers together into a group and use dynamic educational approaches that elicit their active participation.…”

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Understanding the outcomes of a psycho-educational group intervention for caregivers of persons with dementia living at home: A process evaluation

Lavoie

Ducharme

Lévesque

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Aging & Mental Health

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This qualitative process evaluation study aimed to identify the primary processes of a psycho-educational group for caregivers of persons with dementia, in order to better understand intervention outcomes. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 participants recruited from the experimental group of a randomised controlled trial. At pre-test, participants reported their expectations of the group. At post-test, they described their group experience, the most/least helpful aspects of the intervention, their most useful learning and their responses during a recent episode of disturbing behaviour by their relative. Results showed that the group delivered both educational and support processes. Support processes complemented educational processes. Participants learned coping strategies, with reframing playing a more important role than problem-solving or seeking social support. Daughters benefited more than spouses from educational processes. This study of group processes contributes to our understanding of the reported reduction in frequency of disturbing behaviours and of the change in caregivers' behaviours.

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Evaluating Process, Outcome, and Satisfaction in Community-Based Cancer Support Groups

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Inducting older adults into volunteer work to sustain their psychological well-being

Inducting older adults into volunteer work to sustain their psychological well-being

Cancer Support Groups: Client Outcome and the Context of Group Process

Understanding the outcomes of a psycho-educational group intervention for caregivers of persons with dementia living at home: A process evaluation

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