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zahra azari ghahfarrokhi; mojtaba ansari shahidi; mehran shahzamani
Abstract
Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of family-based social support training on the social adjustment and self-care behaviors of the cardiac patients with the signs of depression (after open surgery). Method: The present study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, ...
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Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of family-based social support training on the social adjustment and self-care behaviors of the cardiac patients with the signs of depression (after open surgery). Method: The present study was quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest, control group and two-month follow-up period design. the statistical population of the study included patients undergoing open heart surgery with depressive symptoms referred to specialized heart hospitals (Chamran, Sina and Milad) in Isfahan in the second half of 2019. 36 cardiac patients with the signs of depression were selected through purposive sampling method and randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (17 patients in the experimental group and 19 patients in the control group). The experimental group received eight seventy-five-minute sessions of family-based social support training during two months. The applied questionnaires in this study included depression questionnaire (Beck et al, 1996), social adjustment questionnaire (Bell, 1962) and self-care behaviors questionnaire (Galiana et.al, 2015). The data from the study were analyzed through Mixed ANOVA and Bonferren post hoc test via SPSS23 statistical software. Findings: The results showed that family-based social support training has significant effect on the social adjustment and self-care behaviors of the cardiac patients with the signs of depression (p<0.001). Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that family-based social support training can be used as an efficient intervention to improve social adjustment and self-care behaviors of the cardiac patients with the signs of depression through employing techniques such as creating social support circles, strengthening and rebuilding the social support group.
