The Effect of Family Supportive Need-based Program on Anxiety and Satisfaction among Family Members of Head Injury Patients, Accident and Emergency Department
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The quasi-experimental design aimed to examine the effects of family supportive need-based program on anxiety and satisfaction among family members of head injury patients, accidental and emergency department by applying the concept of Molter’s Critical Care Family Need Inventory. The samples were family members of patients who had mild to moderate level of head injury of Wetchakarunrasm hospital. Samples were purposively selected into two groups of 30 each. Participants of each group were matched according to the sex of family members and the patients' severity of head injury. The research instruments for collecting data were personal information assessment form, anxiety assessment questionnaire, satisfaction assessment questionnaire and the experimental instrument is need-analysis of family member of head injury patient’s questionnaire. Internal consistency reliability tested with Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient resulted as .93, .96 and .93 respectively. The instrument for intervention was family supportive need-based program. Data was analyzed by using descriptive and t-test.
The results showed the mean score of satisfaction after receiving the program in the experimental group was higher than the control group after receiving the usual care and significant (p-value < .05) but the mean score of anxiety after receiving the program was lower than before in the experimental group and the control group. Family supportive need-based program is suitable and can be used for nursing care in the accidental and emergency department to increase satisfaction and reduce anxiety of family members. It is a guide for nurses to assist and manage services to meet their needs holistically.
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