PENGARUH MINDFULNESS TERHADAP CAREGIVER BURDEN LANSIA DENGAN DEMENSIA DI PANTI WREDA
Heru Ginanjar Triyono, Meidiana Dwidiyanti, Rita Hadi Widyastuti
Jurnal Ilmu Keperawatan Komunitas September 13, 2018 DOI: 10.32584/jikk.v1i1.84 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental pre-post test with control group Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 34 |
| Population | Caregivers of elderly people with dementia |
| Intervention | Mindfulness intervention |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 3 |
| Key findings | Mindfulness intervention was associated with a significant reduction in caregiver burden between pre-test and post-test in the intervention group (p-value = 0.000 < α = 0.05), while average burden in both control and intervention classes remained at a moderate level descriptively. The authors conclude that mindfulness can help caregivers with emotional, economic, social, and psychological burden, and is more effective when practiced continuously. |
Abstract
Data obtained in November 2017 at the time of screening obtained data that there were 35 Caregiver experienced burden with mild to severe category, which consisted of 10 people had a mild burden, 23 moderate burden people and 1 person had a heavy burden. Then at the time of the interview stated that the caregiver felt exhausted because approximately 8 hours of caring for the elderly with dementia, Caregiver also often withstand emotions related to the behavior of elderly people who are difficult to regulate. The research method used in this study was "experimental quasy pre-post test with control group, a sample of 34 people taken by purposive sampling, interventions provided through mindfulness intervention. In the intervention class, there is a significant difference in the caregiver burden level between the pre-test and post-test (p-value = 0,000 <α = 0.05). From these results, the treatment has a significant effect in reducing the Burden Caregiver level. Descriptively, the average level of Burden caregiver in both control classes both pre-test and post-test is at a moderate level. Mindfulness intervention can help caregiver problems that care for the elderly with dementia, emotional caregiver, especially the burden, economic, burden social, psychological burden. Mindfulness is more effective when the active caregiver exercises continuously so that the level of caregiver burden can be reduced
Comparable studies
Other non-randomized and open-label trials on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Relation to Quality of Life, Mood, Symptoms of Stress, and Immune Parameters in Breast and Prostate Cancer Outpatients Early-stage breast and prostate cancer patients | 2003 | Pre-post intervention study | n = 59 |
| Exploring self‐compassion and empathy in the context of mindfulness‐based stress reduction (MBSR) Community sample | 2010 | Pre-post intervention study | |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Lowers Psychological Distress In Medical Students Second-year medical students | 2003 | Prospective nonrandomized cohort-controlled study | n = 302 |
| Intensive meditation training, immune cell telomerase activity, and psychological mediators. Retreat participants and matched controls | 2011 | Controlled trial with wait-list control group | n = 60 |
| The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training for Children with ADHD and Mindful Parenting for their Parents Children aged 8-12 with ADHD and their parents | 2011 | Within-group waitlist controlled trial | n = 22 |