Abstract:
The purpose of this quasi-experimental study were to compare depression of older persons with major depressive disorder before and after receiving the family psychoeducation emphasizing shared care program, and to compare depression who received the family psychoeducation emphasizing shared care 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 in the out-patient department of the Ongkharak Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Drug Dependence. They were matchedpair 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 family psychoeducation emphasizing shared care program, 2) Beck depression inventory II (BDI-II Thai version). All instruments were test for content validity by 5professional experts. The reliability of the instrument was reported by Cronbach's Alpha coefficient of .72 Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, percentage, mean, standard deviation and ttest. Major finding were as follows : 1. The mean scores of depression of older persons with major depressive disorder after receivied the family psychoeducation emphasizing shared care program were significantly lower than those before at the .05 level. (t=13.13, df=19, p<.05) 2. The mean scores of depression of older persons with major depressive disorder who received the family psychoeducation emphasizing shared care program were significantly lower than older persons with major depressive disorder who received routine nursing care at the .05 level. (t=-4.69, df=28.14, p<.05)