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Family members’ or friends’ involvement in self-care for patients with depressive symptoms and co-morbid chronic conditions.
- Source :
- Chronic Illness; Sep2016, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p182-198, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Objectives To describe the support that patients reported receiving from family or friends (F/F) while participating in a self-care intervention for depressive symptoms; examine associations between patient-reported F/F support and use of self-care materials; and describe F/F perceptions of involvement in a subsample of F/F. Methods One hundred eighty-nine of 223 (85%) patients aged 40+ with chronic physical conditions and co-morbid depressive symptoms participating in a randomized self-care intervention trial, completed structured telephone surveys at three months about the F/F support received. Ten F/F participated in post study qualitative interviews on the support provided. Results 30%, 44%, and 91% of patients reported overall F/F support with self-care, F/F involvement with the self-care intervention and emotional support, respectively. 61% felt positively and 10% felt negatively or conflicted with F/F support. F/F involvement in the self-care intervention was the only variable associated with patient use of self-care materials when examined alongside all F/F support variables (Proportional Odds Ratio = 1.21; 95% C.I. = 1.01, 1.45). F/F perceived less involvement in the self-care intervention than patients. Discussion Patients engaged in a self-care intervention for depressive symptoms use more self-care materials when they perceive F/F involvement in the intervention. Patients and F/F may perceive involvement differently and benefit from discussions about potential F/F roles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CHRONIC diseases & psychology
PREVENTION of mental depression
CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
DECISION making
FACTOR analysis
FAMILIES
INTERVIEWING
MARITAL status
RESEARCH methodology
PATIENT-family relations
MULTIVARIATE analysis
PATIENT compliance
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
HEALTH self-care
PSYCHOLOGY of the sick
STATISTICS
T-test (Statistics)
TELEMEDICINE
COMORBIDITY
LOGISTIC regression analysis
DATA analysis
SOCIAL support
THEMATIC analysis
FAMILY roles
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
BLIND experiment
DATA analysis software
PATIENTS' attitudes
FAMILY attitudes
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
ONE-way analysis of variance
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17423953
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Chronic Illness
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 117638072
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1742395316633510