TY - JOUR AU - Chetchaovalit, Tippa AU - Suttharangsee, Wandee AU - Piboonrungroj, Prasert AU - Sangdee, Supap AU - Suwaluk, Yaowanat PY - 2016/04/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Family’s Caring for Psychiatric Patients Based on Buddhist’s Lifeways JF - Journal of Research in Nursing-Midwifery and Health Sciences JA - JRN-MHS VL - 36 IS - 1 SE - Original Articles DO - UR - https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/nur-psu/article/view/55073 SP - 115-126 AB - <p>          Religious is mentioned as one alternative method frequently used by family. This <br />survey research aimed to study family’s caring for psychiatric patients based on Buddhist’s <br />lifeways. Subjects, using purposive sampling, included 270 family members of psychiatric patients receving services at both out - patient and in - patient settings. The instrument consisted of demographic data form and family’s caring based on Buddhist’s lifeways, developed by researcher based on the in-depth interviews with family members who have experiences using Buddhist principle in caring for psychiatric patients. The questionnaire consisted of 4 subscales: Tan, Silp, Meditation, as well as Faith and belief. The instrument <br />was verified by five experts and tested for reliability, yielded the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient as 0.94. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation.<br />          The results showed that family provided care and support the patient to perform religious activities at a moderate level (M = 2.50, SD = 0.53). Considering each subscale, <br />Silp had the highest mean score (M = 2.83, SD = 0.69), followed by faith and belief (M = <br />2.49, SD = 0.54), tan (M = 2.39, SD = 0.57), and meditation (M = 2.29, SD = 0.60). <br />          From the results, psychiatric nurses should provide some religious activities for patients in order to be relevance with patients’ lifeway at home.</p> ER -