Learned Resourcefulness Intervention

Effect of Learned Resourcefulness Intervention on Learned Resourcefulness, Caregiver Burden, Quality of Life for Older Family Caregivers

This study aimed to test the effects of a learned resourcefulness interveniton program on the learned resourcefulness, caregiver burden, quality of life for older family caregivers.

A quasi-experimental trail will be used to test the effects of a learned resourcefulness intervention program on the learned resourcefulness, caregiver burden, quality of life for older family caregivers. Through the use of convenience sampling strategy, one teaching medical hospital with approximately 104 older family caregivers in southern Taiwan will be recruited and simple randomly assigned based on teaching medical hospital to a Learned resourcefulness intervention program experimental group or a wait-list control group. Participants in the experimental group will receive the learned resourcefulness intervention program led by researcher, one time per week, 50 minutes for one week, 10 minutes for these weeks; participants in the wait-list control group will continue to receive their home care service. One pre-test and two post-tests, all participants will assessed for learned resourcefulness, caregiver burden, quality of life at baseline, and at 5 and 9 weeks of the study.

The learned resourcefulness program includes: 1) Solving problem strategy, 2) Organizing daily actions, 3) Using self-regulation, 4) Reframing positive situations, 5) Changing negative self-thinking, 6) Exploring new thinking and skills. It is conducted one time per week.

The LR program includes: 1) Solving problem strategy, 2) Organizing daily actions, 3) Using self-regulation, 4) Reframing positive situations, 5) Changing negative self-thinking, 6) Exploring new thinking and skills. It is conducted one time per week.

which is a 36-item scale, is used to measure the cognitive and problem-solving skills, the higher the score, the better a self-control of a person

which is a 20-item scale by Lee and Wu, The total score ranges between 0 and 60, with a higher score representing a higher degree of burden.

The EuroQol five dimension scale (ED-5Q) developed by the EuroQol Group, the higher the score, the better the state of health.

Inclusion Criteria: aged 60 and above family caregivers of disabled adults who received home care service cognitively intact as assessed by SPMSQ score of 8 and above disabled adults will assessed by Barthel Index score of 60 and bellow able to answer questions Exclusion Criteria: participants with severe mental disabilities