The purpose of this study was to develop a healing arts program for psychological rehabilitation of stroke patients and verify its effectiveness. The design of this study was a non-equivalent control group pre-post design. The subjects of the study we...
The purpose of this study was to develop a healing arts program for psychological rehabilitation of stroke patients and verify its effectiveness. The design of this study was a non-equivalent control group pre-post design. The subjects of the study were 39 stroke patients hospitalized in P hospital located in J city, G province, of which 20 were assigned to the experimental group and 20 to the control group. The content of the healing arts program for psychological rehabilitation of stroke patients developed in this study consists of horticultural therapy, art therapy, music therapy, and literary therapy, twice a week, 50 minutes a day, 8 times a total of 4 weeks, 400 minutes. It operated for minutes. The experimental group participated in a regular rehabilitation program 5 days a week, once a day in the morning and once in the afternoon, and additionally participated in a healing arts program twice a week, once in the afternoon. The control group participated in a regular rehabilitation program 5 days a week, once a day in the morning and once a day in the afternoon. The data for this study were collected from April 1, 2024 to May 5, 2024, and the collected data was analyzed using the SPSS/PC WIN 27.0 program for real numbers, percentages, averages and standard deviations, Shapiro-Wilk test, and Chi- Analysis was performed using square test, Fisher's exact test, independent t-test, paired t-test, and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).
The results of this study are as follows.
1) Hypothesis 1: ‘The experimental group that participated in the healing arts program will have lower depression than the control group that did not participate’ The experimental group's depression score decreased from 18.75±7.41 points beforehand to 10.25±6.70 points afterward, a statistically significant difference (t=-3.96, p<.001). The control group had 14.15±6.18 points beforehand to 15.10±8.25 points afterward, with no statistically significant difference (t=0.86, p=.399). There was a statistically significant difference between the post-depression scores of the experimental and control groups using the pre-depression scores as a covariate (F=9.24, p=.004). Therefore, hypothesis 1 was supported.
2) Hypothesis 2: ‘The experimental group that participated in the healing arts program will have higher self-esteem than the control group that did not participate.’ The experimental group's self-esteem score increased from 26.30±6.95 points beforehand to 35.60±9.60 points afterward, showing a statistically significant difference (t=3.73, p<.001). There was no significant difference in the control group from 31.60±7.22 points before to 31.73±8.93 points after the test (t=0.36, p=.723). There was a statistically significant difference between the post-test self-esteem scores of the experimental and control groups using the pre-test self-esteem scores as a covariate (F=6.25, p=.017). Therefore, Hypothesis 2 was supported.
3) Hypothesis 3: ‘The experimental group that participated in the healing arts program will have higher rehabilitation motivation than the control group that did not participate.’ The rehabilitation motivation score of the experimental group increased statistically significantly from 85.90±33.76 points before to 123.25±45.42 points after the test (t=4.19, p<.001). The control group also showed a statistically significant increase from 94.35±24.41 before to 100.26±24.38 after (t=2.41, p=.027). In order to verify the program effect, the difference between the experimental group and the control group was verified using the difference between the pre- and post-values. As a result, the difference in scores for the experimental group was 37.35±39.80 points, and for the control group, 8.21±14.81 points. The experimental group was statistically higher than the control group. It was significantly higher (t=-3.05, p=.005). Therefore, the third hypothesis was supported.
4) Program satisfaction: As a result of surveying the satisfaction of those who participated in the healing arts program, the program's usefulness, interest, effectiveness, intention to recommend the program, and intention to re-participate in the program were 5 out of 5, followed by leadership of the program operator. This was followed by 4.95 points, 4.89 points for the appropriateness of the progress method, 4.74 points for the appropriateness of the program period, and 4.63 points for the appropriateness of the program time. Other comments included that it would be nice if the duration and duration of the program were longer.
Based on the results of this study, it was found that the healing arts program for psychological rehabilitation of stroke patients reduces depression and improves self-esteem and motivation for rehabilitation. Accordingly, it is proposed that the healing arts program be used for psychological rehabilitation of stroke patients.