1PhD Nursing Scholar, Faculty of Nursing, SUM Nursing College, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be) University, Odisha. Email: anitasamantap1973@gmail.com
2Dean, Faculty of Nursing, SUM Nursing College, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be) University, Odisha
3Professor & Head of the Department, Department of Psychiatry, SUM & IMS Hospital, Odisha
4Professor & Head of the Department, Department of Psychiatry, Bankura Sammilani Medical College & Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal
*Corresponding Author: Anita Paul Samanta, PhD Nursing Scholar, SUM Nursing College, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be) University, Odisha. Email: anitasamantap1973@gmail.com
Introduction: High levels of stress have a detrimental impact on the quality of life and self-efficacy of caregivers of children with ADHD, conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder. Life skill training is a viable intervention to enhance coping and general well-being.
Aims: To assess the homogeneity of caregivers in the experimental and control groups and the correlation between caregivers' self-efficacy, perceived stress, and quality of life.
Materials and methods: A one-year randomized controlled experiment (RCT) at the Department of Psychiatry at a tertiary care hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, involved sixty caregivers of children with behavioural disorders. They were split into two groups at random: the control group (n2 = 30) only received normal mental health care, while the experimental group (n1 = 30) received life skill training. A standardized self-efficacy scale was used to measure the end variable at baseline, eight, twelve, and sixteen weeks after the experimental group completed four intervention sessions spaced two weeks apart. Following the conclusion of data collection in a single session, participants in the control group also got the intervention.
Result: Both groups were similar across important factors at baseline (p > 0.05). Although pre-test correlations were negligible, perceived stress and self-efficacy had an inverse correlation (r = −0.370, p = 0.004). The experimental group's quality of life, perceived stress, and self-efficacy correlations became moderate to strong and statistically significant (p < 0.05) following the intervention, indicating that improvements in caregiver quality of life were associated with lower perceived stress and higher self-efficacy.
Conclusion: Life skill training improved caregivers' psychosocial well-being by reducing perceived stress and raising self-efficacy and quality of life. Self-efficacy and perceived stress were negatively correlated two months after the intervention, while self-efficacy and quality of life were strongly positively correlated. These results imply that self-efficacy and perceived stress are essential for sustaining gains in quality of life.
Keywords: Caregivers, Life Skill Training, Quality of Life, Perceived Stress, Self-Efficacy, Behavioural Disorders.
[CTRI (IVMR-NIMS): NREF/2022/04/053166; Reg. No: CTRI/2022/05/042455]
How to cite this article: Samanta AP, Das S, Sahoo S, Nath S. Relationship of Quality of Life, Perceived Stress and Self Efficacy Before and After Life Skill Intervention Among Caregivers of Behavioural Disorder Children. Int J Drug Deliv Technol. 2026;16(12s): 935-944. DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.12s.108
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Conflict of interest: None