A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFICACY OF PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS IN PRIMARY CAREGIVERS OF MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMOR PATIENTS IN SELECTED HOSPITALS BHARATPUR, RAJASTHAN

Author Name: 1Mr. Tara Chand, 2 Dr. Rajasudhakar

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434, DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2020-43542941/

Affiliation:

¹ PhD Scholar, Himalayan University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh & Vice-Principal Shree Digamber Degree college of nursing Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.

²Professor, Himalayan University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India

ABSTRACT

Brain tumors present much of the anguish like that of any other terminal illness. level. Both patients and family members would face various Bio-psycho social problems such as Physical, Emotional, Cognitive, Social, Behavioral, and Vocational. Providing essential psychosocial support to patients and family is much important to prevent the personal and family disorganization, which might arise due to significant medical crisis. A mixed approach is used in this research study. The researcher decided the sample size for pilot study of 10 caregivers of malignant brain tumor patients. The caregivers will be first interviewed with the help of selected tools, and then assigned to the experimental or control group then researcher identified that tools are valid and reliable suitable to use for obtaining data. The impact of illness is not only restricted to the patient but also extends at the family.

Key words: Efficacy, psychosocial intervention, brain tumor, primary caregivers