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Background: The consequences and high costs of psychiatricdisorders impact family caregivers greatly. Health services shouldidentify and provide accessible support programs to facilitate effective caregiver coping.Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a theory-of-planned-behavior-based problem-solvingtraining program on the coping styles of family caregivers ofpsychiatric inpatients.Methods: In this two-group, randomized control trial, 72 familycaregivers were randomly assigned to either a control group receiving standard care or an intervention group receiving a trainingprogram (eight sessions over 4 weeks). Demographic informationwas recorded at baseline, and the Coping Inventory for StressfulSituations was administered to both groups at baseline, immediately postintervention, and 1-month follow-up.Results: Immediately after the intervention, the interventiongroup earned significantly higher task-oriented coping stylescores (mean difference = 5.03, p = .015) than the control group,but no significant difference was detected between the twogroups for either emotion- or avoidance-oriented coping stylescores. At 1-month follow-up, the intervention group earned significantly higher scores than the control group for task-oriented(mean difference = 8.56, p p = .002) coping styles. No improvement inavoidance-oriented coping style at the postintervention or follow-uptime points was detected.Conclusions: Implementation by nurses and other health professionals of problem-solving training programs that are basedon the theory of planned behavior is recommended to strengthenthe use of task- and emotion-oriented approaches that help family caregivers of psychiatric patients better cope with stress.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Abedi, Z and Alavi, M and Ghazavi, Z and Visentin, D and Cleary, M
Keywords:	mental disorders, family carers, problem solving, planned behavior, coping styles
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Nursing Research
Publisher:	Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Ltd.
ISSN:	1682-3141
DOI / ID Number:	10.1097/jnr.0000000000000320
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2019 Taiwan Nurses Association
Related URLs:	Google Scholar: Visentin, D UTAS Profile: Visentin, D Google Scholar: Cleary, M UTAS Profile: Cleary, M
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