TY - JOUR KW - leprosy KW - Group counselling KW - Person-centered theory KW - Self-esteem KW - Thailand AU - Phusem W AU - NaRanong L AU - Wongtim S AB -

This study is One Group Pretest –Posttest Design was conducted to 1) compare the self-esteem of Persons Affected by Leprosy before and after participating in group counselling based on Person-Centered Counselling Theory. 2) compare the self-esteem of Persons Affected by Leprosy of after-counselling participating stage and that of monitoring stage. The study subjects were 15 Persons Affected by Leprosy living in Ban Grang leprosy colony, Muang District, Pitsanulok Province. Simple random sampling was the method of this research. The Instrument used were self-esteem questionnaire and self-esteem related counselling program based on Person-Centered Counselling Theory. The program was implemented 7 times per which 90 minutes were spent. Statistics analyze the data were percentage, means, standard deviation and t-test. The results after experimental period were increasing of the self–esteem of Persons Affected by Leprosy had increased significantly at p-value .01. There was no difference between the self-esteem of Persons affected by Leprosy of post-experimental- period and that of monitoring-period.

BT - Journal of nursing and health sciences IS - 1S LA - eng N2 -

This study is One Group Pretest –Posttest Design was conducted to 1) compare the self-esteem of Persons Affected by Leprosy before and after participating in group counselling based on Person-Centered Counselling Theory. 2) compare the self-esteem of Persons Affected by Leprosy of after-counselling participating stage and that of monitoring stage. The study subjects were 15 Persons Affected by Leprosy living in Ban Grang leprosy colony, Muang District, Pitsanulok Province. Simple random sampling was the method of this research. The Instrument used were self-esteem questionnaire and self-esteem related counselling program based on Person-Centered Counselling Theory. The program was implemented 7 times per which 90 minutes were spent. Statistics analyze the data were percentage, means, standard deviation and t-test. The results after experimental period were increasing of the self–esteem of Persons Affected by Leprosy had increased significantly at p-value .01. There was no difference between the self-esteem of Persons affected by Leprosy of post-experimental- period and that of monitoring-period.

PY - 2018 SP - 121 EP - 132 T2 - Journal of nursing and health sciences TI - The Effectiveness of Group Couselling on The Person-centered Theory to Improve the Self – Esteem of Persons Effected by Leprosy in Bankrang Colony Phitsanulok Province VL - 12 ER -