精神病患家屬參與座談會增強照顧認知之研究

A Study of a Family Conference on Strengthening the Ability of Care Recognition - Related to Participationg Family Members of Psychiatric Patients

本研究目的，想知道精神病患家屬參與座談會對照顧知識認知能力是否有實質的效益，家屬參與座談會的程度與照顧認知能力的效益相關性。以中區某醫學中心精神科所有病房的精神病患家屬為研究對象，將精神病患家屬照顧認知分五方面，即A.醫療療程、B.病人照護、C.心理支持D.社會資源、E.就業資訊。設計調查問卷。照顧認知能力評估用五分法，由很清楚5分到很不清楚1分測量。以立意取樣進行普查，共發出88份，有效回收率為73.86％。資料分析以電腦統計分析套裝軟體SPSS8.01作處理。研究結果發現，家屬的照顧認知方面平均在2.96分，家屬參與情形約41.5％不到一半，精神病患家屬參與經驗與程度在照顧認知能力大致成正相關性。由此可見家屬座談會有其必要性及實質意義。

The purpose of research is to explore : (1) family members?care recognition ability, their participation in family conference; (2) and the relationship between the level of their participation in the conference; (3) and their care recognition ability how well, the correlation between family members' participation in family conference. ?The study's target group were the family members of all the in-patients of psychiatric wards in a medical center located at center of Taiwan. The care recognition was divided into 5 categories : (A) the treatment process, (B) the patient care, (C) the mental support, （D） the community resources, and （E） the vocational information. Each category had 7 questions. The questionnaire had 35 questions in total. A 5-point Liker scale was utilized to evaluate the family members?care recognition ability. Samples were chosen by convenience sampling. Eighty-eight questionnaires were given to the family members. More than seventy-three percent of the questionnaires were returned and allegeable to participate the study. The data was analyzed by SPSS, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, T-distribution, one-way-ANOVA, and regression analysis. The results of the study showed that there was a positive correlation between family members?experience and level of participation in the family conference and their care recognition ability. The results of the survey indicated the family conference was important and valuable. The survey also suggested the need for future studies to further investigate the five categories in the psychiatric profession. The family education group and spiritual healing group could enhance family members?care recognizing ability. The family members could also get support from each other and relieve their stress during the process of participating the groups.