Abstract:
The purposes of this quasi experimental research were: 1) to compare depression of schizophrenic patients before and after received resilience enhancement group program, and 2) to compare depression of schizophrenic patients who received resilience enhancement group program and those who received regular nursing care. Forty samples were inpatients schizophrenic patients at psychiatric hospital, 20 subjects were randomly assigned to experimental group and control group, who met the inclusion criteria. They were matched pair by gender, age and psychiatric symptoms. The experimental group received resilience enhancement group program, and the control group received regular nursing care. Research instruments consisted; 1) The resilience enhancement group program, 2) Thai version of Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia. All instruments were tested for content validity by 5 professional experts. The reliability of the 2nd instruments was reported by Cronbachs Alpha coefficient of 0.85. Data were analyzed using t-test. Major findings were as follows: 1) Depression of schizophrenic patients who received resilience enhancement group program was significantly lower than before, at the .05 level. 2) Depression of schizophrenic patients who received resilience enhancement group program were significantly lower than those who received regular nursing care, at the .05 level.