The Effect of Caregiver Coaching Program for Social Support on Psychological Well-Being Among Older Persons with Depression
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Objective: To examine the effect of caregiver coaching program for social support on psychological well-being among the older persons with depression. Methods: Participants comprised 44 community-dwelling older persons aged 60 years or over who met inclusion criteria divided into experiment and control groups, 22 each group. The research instruments consisted of 1) the caregiver coaching program for social support developed from the conceptual framework of social support of House, the coaching process of Thorpe and Clifford, the experiential learning of Kolb and literature reviews, five sessions were provided over 4 weeks with each session lasting 45-90 minutes; 2) the demographic data questionnaire; and 3) the Psychological Well-Being questionnaire. Content validity of the instrument parts 1 and 2 was verified by three experts. The reliability of the Psychological Well-Being questionnaire was tested using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, yielding a value of .87. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks test and Mann-Whitney U test, with significant level at 0.05 Result: The score of the psychological well-being of older persons with depression after participating in the caregiver coaching for social support program were statistically significantly higher than that before participating in the program (Z = -4.028, p < .001). In addition, the score of psychological well-being of older persons with depression after the program was statistically significantly higher than that of participants who did not receive the program (Z = -2.283, p < .05). Conclusion: The caregiver coaching program for social support for older persons with depression could improve psychological well-being of older persons with depression.
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