The Effects of Group Art Therapy on the Primary Family Caregivers of Hospitalized Patients with Brain Injuries in South Korea

Nayoung Kim, Shin-Jeong Kim, Geum-Hee Jeong, Younjae Oh, Heejung Jang and Aee-Lee Kim
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Nayoung Kim: RN, Hallym University Chuncheon Scared Heart Hospital, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
Shin-Jeong Kim: School of Nursing, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
Geum-Hee Jeong: School of Nursing, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
Younjae Oh: School of Nursing, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
Heejung Jang: School of Nursing, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
Aee-Lee Kim: College of Nursing, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul 02844, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 9, 1-18

Abstract: This study examined the effects of group art therapy on depression, burden, and self-efficacy in primary family caregivers of patients with brain injuries. This was a quasi-experimental, nonequivalent control group and a pre- and post-test design. This study was carried out in one national rehabilitation hospital targeting 41 primary family caregivers of patients with brain injuries. Group art therapy intervention was carried out three days per week comprising 12 sessions over four consecutive weeks. The experimental group ( n = 20) received group art therapy, whereas the control group ( n = 21) did not. We used a time difference method to minimize the risk of contaminating the control group by sampling sequentially. For depression, although there was a significant difference after the intervention ( t = 3.296, p = 0.004), the mean difference score was not statistically significant between the experimental group and the control group ( t = 0.861, p = 0.395). The experimental group showed a significantly greater decrease in burden ( t = 2.462, p = 0.020) and significantly greater improvement in self-efficacy ( t = ?6.270, p < 0.001) than the control group. Group art therapy may be an effective nursing intervention for primary family caregivers of patients with brain injuries.

Keywords: art therapy; brain injuries; caregivers; depression; self-efficacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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