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Duygu Ayar1, Selma Sabancioğullari2
1Gaziantep Islamic Science and Technology University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Background:
This study was executed to evaluate the effect of the solution-oriented therapy programme on the depression levels and the perceived social support of depressive patients METHOD: The study was designed as a randomized controlled trial with a pre-test and post-test control group and repeated measures. The Solution-Oriented Therapy Programme was implemented in a total of 6 to 10 sessions with the patients of experimental group.
Results:
There were no statistically significant differences between the mean BDI and PSSI scores of the experimental and control groups before the programme. At one week after the programme (29.89 ± 4.15) and after 3 months (31.71 ± 3.72), the mean of the BDI grades of the individuals in the experimental group were significantly lower than was that of the individuals in the control group. In the study group, the mean PSSI scores significantly increased at one week after programme (50.79 ± 10.81) and decreased (46.61 ± 10.37) at after 3 months.
Conclusion:
The execution of Solution-Oriented Therapy Programme with the depressive patients should be done by the psychiatric nurses within the scope of the services that psychiatric care units serve.
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