The Effect of Education on The Basis of Roy Adaptation Pattern on The Quality of Life of Home Caregivers of Psychiatric Patients with a History of Hospitalization in Mental Hospitals of Military Hospitals in Bushehr

The mental disorder in one member of a family cause a considerable tension in whole family. The mental burden imposed by caring mentally- ill patients can have a negative effect on the mental and physical status of care takers, thus cause a hidden illness and poor quality of life.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of education the Basis of Roy Adaptation Pattern on quality of life of home caregivers of mentally ill patients.

This study was a randomized controlled clinical trial cperformed in 2018. The number of 50 home caregivers of psychiatric patients with a history of hospitalization in military hospitals in Bushehr was selected using convenience sampling method and then randomly divided into test and control groups. The home caregivers of the test group received a five -training -session of 90 minutes for adaptive behavior based on the adaptive pattern. Caring quality was assessed by Sf-36 quality of life questionnaire before and one week after intervention. Data were analyzed using Chi-Square, Fisher’s exact test, paired t-test and independent t-test in SPSS 22.

Based on independent t-test, the mean of total quality of life before and after intervention was not significant between the two groups (P>0.05). In contrast, the results of paired t-test showed a significant difference in the test group before and after the intervention (P<0.05. In the control group, the results of paired t-test before and after the intervention were not significant (P>0.05).
Discussion and

The results of the study showed that education based on Roy adaptation pattern affects the quality of life of home caregivers of mentally ill patients.