Abstract

ROJAS SANCHEZ, Gladys A.; ALBA PEREZ, Lucía; FARDALES MACIAS, Vicente E.  and  GARCIA, Javier. Psycho-educative intervention directed to persons with epilepsy and their family members. Gac Méd Espirit [online]. 2013, vol.15, n.3, pp.272-283. ISSN 1608-8921.

Background: the persons with epilepsy and their family are affected with a disease and its psychosocial consequences. Objective: to test the effects of psycho-educative intervention, in persons with epilepsy and their family to achieve the disease acceptance and how patients and families should face it. Methodology: an experimental design with 60 intentionally selected patients with epilepsy diagnosis; two groups of 30 subjects by random designation were made. An interview to the patient and his family before and after the intervention was applied. Results were analyzed with non-parametrical techniques. The variables used were: disease acceptance, confrontation with epilepsy by patient and confrontation with crisis by the family that lives with. Results: patients from the disease acceptance study group confrontation with the disease was doubled and fear after intervention disappeared, observing significant differences before and after. Confrontation with crisis by the family member was favorably modified differentiating the behavior and control of the study group. Conclusions: psycho-educative intervention achieved to better acceptation and adequate confrontation of the disease significantly, the confrontation with crisis by the family members was also favorably modified.

Keywords : psychology; epilepsy; health; family; behavioral medicine; education.

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