The Effect of Using a Generosity Program on Anxiety among Head Injury Patients’ Family Members, Emergency and Forensic Department, Doiluang Hospital, Chiangrai Province

Abstract

Abstract

         This one group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental research aimed to study compare of anxiety in head injury patient’s family between before and after undergoing Swanson’s caring program. The samples was 35 families or relatives of mild head injuries patient who was treatment at emergency and forensic accident department, Doi Luang Hospital, Chiang Rai Province. This study was purposive sampling. Data were collected by using a questionnaire, that consist of patient personal information, personal of respondents information, The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the tools used in the experiment include Swanson’s caring program for anxiety of head injury patient’s family. The statistics used  were frequency,  percentage, means,  standard deviation, and hypothesis test with Paired t-test.

          The results found that after receiving Swanson’s caring program, head injury patient’s family had decreased anxiety when compared with before, statistically significant at the 0.01 level.Swanson’s caring program can be used as a guideline for nursing and reducing anxiety for head injury patient’s family.