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Effectiveness and Usability of a Web-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Families Living with Mental Illness 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Stjernswärd, S.,Hansson, L.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Springer Science and Business Media
  • 출판년도2017
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Mindfulness
  • 발행사항Vol.8No.3[2017]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1868-8527
  • 소개/요약Families living with mental illness express needs of support and experiences of burden that may affect their own health detrimentally and hence also their ability to support the patient. Mindfulness-based interventions have shown beneficial health effects in both clinical and healthy populations. The aim of the current study was to explore the effectiveness and usability of a web-based mindfulness program for families living with mental illness, which was first tested in a feasibility study. The study was designed as a randomized controlled trial with an experiment group and a wait-list control group with assessments on primary and secondary outcomes at baseline, post-intervention, and at a 3-month follow-up. Significant positive improvements in mindfulness and self-compassion, and significant decreases in perceived stress and in certain dimensions of caregiver burden were found, with good program usability. Easily accessible mindfulness-based interventions may be useful in addressing caregivers’ needs of support and in preventing further ill health in caregivers. Further studies are needed, among others, to further customize interventions and to investigate the cost-effectiveness of such programs.