Effectiveness of Hardiness Training on Caregivers of Mentally ill Patients with Relation to Their Productivity

Abstract

Background/Objective: The mental health of an informal caregiver to a mentally ill patient is often overlooked. Such caregivers sometimes struggle with demands of the role and the resultant loss of productivity. An explorative model was hypothesized that hardiness training will improve the productivity for individual with increased life stress. This inevitably also affects caregivers’ quality of care.   Method: 30 subjects were selected randomly and divided into 2 groups of 15 each (experimental and control). The experimental group was given hardiness training whereas the control group did not undergo any intervention. Their hardiness, severity of depression, levels of productivity and amount of burden were measured both at the beginning and end of the study. Results: The experimental group had statistically significant value improvement in hardiness and enhanced levels of production. Conclusion: This study has provided an insightful outcome that enables us to adapt hardiness training, with an aim to improve caregivers’ resistance to stresses, decreases their depression levels and improves their productivity.