12nd Year MSc Nursing Student, Lisie College of Nursing, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
2Principal, Lisie College of Nursing, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Online published on 17 March, 2016.
The present study was undertaken to find and evaluate the impact of disease management programme regarding major depression on the physical and psychological well being of the primary care giver of the client diagnosed with major depression before and after the administration of the intervention. Study results revealed that the mean posttest physical and psychological well being scores among the primary care givers who had undergone the disease management programme was significantly higher than the mean pretest scores at 0.05 level of significance.
Disease management programme, physical wellbeing, psychological wellbeing, primary care givers, major depression