Measuring Group Process in Nurse-Facilitated Support Groups for Psychosocial Club Members.

This study examined the use of nurse-facilitated support groups by Psychosocial club members with SMI. Participation, core members, therapeutic factors, content discussed, and satisfaction with the intervention were measured. Perception of unmet need for a friend and membership in a group was measured before and after the intervention. Participation increased over time. Core members emerged. Yalom's therapeutic factors evolved. Discussion included sexually transmitted diseases, safety, making friends, health problems, problems with landlords, and adverse events such as victimization. The unmet need for a friend decreased. Two-thirds were satisfied with the groups. Support groups are low-cost psychosocial interventions that can be used to help patients with SMI move toward recovery.
PMID: 31241386 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - June 28, 2019 Category: Nursing Tags: Issues Ment Health Nurs Source Type: research