001).Ĭonclusion: During the inpatient treatment of a close relative suffering from a depressive disorder, informal caregivers go through an individual psychological recovery process involving several stages. 000) and positively associated with the caregivers' level of optimism (Rho =. Informal caregivers' stages in the recovery process were negatively associated with the patient's length of illness (Rho = -.683, p =. The sample included all the stages of the recovery process, with 34.5% of participants being in the growth stage. Results: A mean optimism score of 16.41 showed that informal caregivers are close to the level of the general European population.
Participants filled out a sociodemographic questionnaire, a specially adapted Stages of Recovery Instrument (STORI) and the Life Orientation Test–Revised (LOT–R). Methods: A descriptive exploratory study was conducted using a convenience sample of 29 informal caregivers. This study aimed to describe the stages of the psychological recovery process and the level of optimism among informal caregivers of psychiatric inpatients suffering from depressive disorders in order to provide adapted nursing support and psychoeducation and facilitate a patient's own recovery. This process is dynamic, deep, catalyzed by hope and optimism and characterized by stages from which specific needs ensue. 3School of Nursing Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Fribourg, Switzerlandīackground: Informal caregivers of people suffering from depressive disorders go through a psychological recovery process.2Fribourg Network for Mental Health (FNPG), Marsens, Switzerland.1La Source, School of Nursing Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Claire Coloni-Terrapon 1,2,3, Jérôme Favrod 1, Aurélie Clément-Perritaz 2, Isabelle Gothuey 2 and Shyhrete Rexhaj 1*