Investigating and Designing an Online Psychosocial Support Platform for Caregivers

Caregivers Burnout Compassion fatigue Empathy Psychosocial Support System Online learning

Authors

  • Farzad Goli Professor, Faculty Instructor, Energy Medicine University, California, USA AND Danesh-e-Tandorosti Institute, Isfahan, Iran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Niloofar Ghorbani-Zavareh MSc, Researcher, Danesh-e-Tandorosti Institute, Isfahan, Iran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Mostafa Sayed Mirramezan Resident of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Hamid Afshar-Zanjani Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine AND Psychosomatic Research Center, Khorshid Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Alexander Wunsch Assistant Professor, Department of Psychosomatic, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany, Germany
  • Mohammadreza Sharbafchizadeh Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Anne-Marie Muller PhD, Department of Psychosomatic, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany, Germany
  • Masoud Bahrami Professor, Cancer Prevention Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Mousa Alavi PhD, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Sara Ahangar-Ahmadi PhD, Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Texas, United States, Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Carl Eduard Scheidt
    carl.eduard.scheidt@uniklinik-freiburg.de
    Professor, Department of Psychosomatic, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany, Germany
Vol 8, No 2: 2021
Qualitative Study(ies)
June 30, 2021

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job burnout, depression, and anxiety, which can affect the healthcare systems and societies. This has been intensified by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Many of the caregivers’ problems are due to insufficient psychosocial competence and lack of suitable training for basic skills such as self-awareness, rapport, empathy, compassion, reasoning, decision-making, etc. The main purpose of this study was to design a psychosocial service package for caregivers to help them throughout their lives.

Methods: Data gathering was performed by conducting 2 focus groups, searching for studies to identify urgent and important healthcare needs, and finding the best way to address their necessities through a proactive and sustainable method.

Results: The online “healers' healing” platform is designed with 3 general objectives. The first objective was to present practical and effective materials to support caregivers in order to improve their psychosocial competence. The second objective was to monitor the member's progress and measure the effectiveness of the program. Moreover, to make the members more active in training and their own health promotion, this platform leads and supports self-help groups for caregivers as the third purpose of this project. Furthermore, healers can be active in content development and community education in order to experience a more productive interaction within the communities of caregivers.

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