The effect of counselling program to resilience enhancement and decrease stress in care givers of chronic schizophrenia patients at Wanonniwat Hospital, Sakon Nakhon Province.

Abstract

      This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effect of counselling program to resilience enhancement and decrease stress in care givers of chronic schizophrenia patients at Wanonniwat Hospital, Sakon Nakhon Province. The samples were care givers of chronic schizophrenia patients who receiving medication at the psychiatric clinic at Wanornniwat Hospital, purposive sampling of 30 samples. The study was conducted between August 1^st to October 31^st, 2025. The experimental instrument was the counselling program to resilience enhancement and decrease stress for care givers of chronic schizophrenia patients. The instrument of data collection include; the questionnaires of general characteristics, resilience quotient, and stress test. The quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The comparative parametric statistics used paired t-test.

      The study showed that; after receiving the counselling program, the sample had a significantly higher mean score of resilience enhancement than before at the statistical level of 0.01 (t=-12.731, p<0.001). When compared each aspect, found the mean scores of mental health power in emotional resilience, morale, and problem-solving after receiving the program were significantly higher than before at the statistical level of 0.01 (t=-9.256, p<0.001; t=-7.569, p<0.001; t=-6.338, p<0.001 respectively). And mean score of stress test after receiving the program was significantly lower than before at the statistical level of 0.01 (t=4.687, p<0.001).