The Effect of a Self-Determination Program on the Psychological Well-Being of Caregivers of Palliative Cancer Patients
Keywords:
caregivers of palliative cancer patients, psychological well-being, self-determination programAbstract
The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to determine the effect of a self-determination program on the psychological well-being of caregivers of cancer patients receiving palliative care. The samples were caregivers of cancer patients who received palliative treatment. The samples were selected according to the inclusion criteria, 60 people were simply randomly assigned to either an experimental group or a control group with 30 subjects each. The experimental group received the self-determination program developed by the researcher according to Self-Determination Theory consisting of ten activities. Each activity was carried out weekly for 90 minutes per session for a total of 10 weeks. The control group received usual care and the results were assessed using the Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS), Thai version. The reliability was determined with a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of .88. The results were measured before the experiment and immediately after the experiment. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-test statistics.
The findings can be summarized as follows: 1) the mean score for psychological well-being of the experimental group after the self-determination program was higher than at pretest with statistical significance at .001; 2) the mean difference scores for psychological well-being between before and after the self-determination program in the experimental group were different from the control group with statistical significance at .001.
In conclusion, the self-determination program was able to increase psychological well-being among caregivers of palliative cancer patients effectively. This can be another option to promote the psychological well-being of cancer caregivers.
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