Abstract:
The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to compare depression of older persons with major depressive disorder before and after receiving the promoting resilience with family participation program, and to compare depression who received the promoting resilience with family participation program and those who received routine nursing care. The sample consisted of 40 older persons with major depressive disorder and their families, who met the inclusion criteria and received services at the out-patient department of the Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital, Directorate of Medical Services, Royal Thai Air Force. They were matched-pair by age and depression score and then randomly assigned into experimental and control group with 20 families in each group. Research instruments consisted of : 1) The promoting resilience with family participation program 2) Beck Depressive Inventory Scale (ฺBeck, 1961). All instruments were test for content validity by 5 professional experts. The Cronbachs Alpha Coefficient reliability of the Beck Depressive Inventory Scale was .90. Data were analyze by descriptive statistics, percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test. Major finding were as follows : 1. The mean scores of depression of older persons with major depressive disorder after receivied the promoting resilience with family participation program were significantly lower than those before at the .05 level. (t=7.9) 2. The mean scores of depression of older persons with major depressive disorder who received the promoting resilience with family participation program were significantly lower than older persons with major depressive disorder who received routine nursing care at the .05 level. (t=-2.73)