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Gaceta Sanitaria
Print version ISSN 0213-9111
Abstract
PALACIOS-GALVEZ, María Soledad; MORALES-MARENTE, Elena; IANEZ-DOMINGUEZ, Antonio and LUQUE-RIBELLES, Violeta. Impact of primary care socio-educational groups in mental health of women. Gac Sanit [online]. 2021, vol.35, n.4, pp.345-351. Epub Dec 27, 2021. ISSN 0213-9111. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2020.02.005.
Objective
To present part of the results of the evaluation of this strategy.
Method
Longitudinal (pre-post) and quasi-experimental (experimental and control group) design, collecting information from 228 women (114 each group) in four moments (one month before the program; one month after the end of the program; six months and a year and a half). Among the instruments used are the Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale.
Results
Women in the experimental group reduce their symptoms of depression and anxiety and improve their self-esteem after participating in the program, and this improvement is maintained until a year and a half after the end of it. On the contrary, women in the control group do not present pre-post differences in almost none of the variables analyzed (except in anxiety symptoms).
Conclusion
These results support GRUSE as a non-medical intervention, and it is considered that they can serve as a stimulus to maintain the strategy and even extend it to other population groups that also experience psychosocial discomfort.
Keywords : Mental health; Program evaluation; Health promotion; Gender; Women's groups.