Outcomes of the Buddhist spiritual well-being promotion program on quality of life and levels of spiritual satisfaction among early elderly caregivers
Keywords:
Spiritual well-being, Program, Quality of life, CaregiversAbstract
The quasi-experimental design aimed to study the outcomes of the Buddhist Spiritual Well-being Promotion Program on Quality of Life and Levels of Spiritual Satisfaction Among Early Elderly Caregivers among the control group and the experimental group. The sample group was caregivers of the elderly, At the Samat Subdistrict, with 70 participants. Simple random sampling was divided into 35 subjects, 35 subjects. Measurements included a personal information questionnaire a checklist, a knowledge questionnaire, stress questionnaires using the Suan Prung stress scale, a Quality of life questionnaire Spiritual Satisfaction Questionnaire. Collected data from 10 June to 31 August 2023 (12 weeks).
Research results: Effectiveness of the program between the experimental groups and control group, with the variables spiritual satisfaction, quality of life, and stress. It was found that spiritual satisfaction, stress, and quality of life between the experimental group and the control group were statistically significant at the level of .05. However, it was found that the experimental group was significantly higher than the control group at the level of .05.
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