Volume : 6, Issue : 9, September - 2017

Effect of a mindfulness based intervention on stress and mindfulness among primary caregivers of patients with alcohol dependence syndrome: An experimental study

Ambily Joy, Renju Sussan Baby

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">Alcoholism negatively affects the physical, psychological, financial, emotional wellbeing of the individual, family as well as the society.</span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN"> </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">The study</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"> was aimed to assess the stress &nbsp;and mindfulness among primary care givers of patients with Alcohol Dependence Syndrome, t</span><span style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">o evaluate the effect of mindfulness based intervention on&nbsp; stress and mindfulness among</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"> primary care givers of patients with Alcohol Dependence Syndrome. </span><span style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">A quantitative approach was used</span><span style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"> with pre experimental design. Thirty six caregivers of patient with alcohol dependence syndrome admitted for de-addiction treatment were enrolled as study subjects by consecutive sampling method. Data was collected by using Perceived Stress Scale and Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire. Results revealed that 83.3% of subjects were experiencing moderate stress and 16.7% of subjects were experiencing high stress before the intervention. There was significant reduction in the mean PSS score (MD= 7.5) after mindfulness based intervention. There was significant reduction in the level of stress among the subjects after mindfulness based intervention (t=- 13.74 p=0.001). There was significant increase in the mean mindfulness score (MD= -28.2) after mindfulness based intervention. There was significant improvement in the mindfulness among the subjects after mindfulness based intervention (t=-11.08 p=0.001). No significant correlation was found between stress and mindfulness (r= -0.001 p=0.9). Conclusion: Mindfulness Based Intervention has proved to be an effective stress management strategy that can be used widely among caregivers experiencing chronic stress.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>