Title

Enhancing emotional care: The power of nurse-led interventions in cultivating compassion and family engagement in mental health caregiving in India

Authors

Christina Anthonysamy¹, Venkatesh Mathan kumar Vasudevan², Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran^3,*, Marudhan Anbalagan¹, Jayalakshmi Lakshmanan¹, Maheswari Narayanasamy¹ & Senthilkumar Azhagirisamy¹

Affiliation

¹Department of Mental Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ²Department of Mental Health, Institute of Mental Health, Kilpauk, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ³Department of Child Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Christina Anthonysamy - E-mail: sorubachris16@gmail.com
Venkatesh Mathan Kumar Vasudevan - E-mail: VVMK75@gmail.com
Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran - E-mail: shankarshaki@yahoo.com
Anbalagan Marudan - E-mail: anbalagan.avi@gmail.com
Jayalakshmi Lakshmanan - E-mail: gopikabrij2820@gmail.com
Senthilkumar Azhagirisamy - E-mail: senthilkumara12338@gmail.com
Maheswari Narayanasamy - E-mail: mahessuja88@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2025; Revised August 31, 2025; Accepted August 31, 2025, Published August 31, 2025

Abstract

Compassion involves shared suffering and a desire to alleviate it, with family involvement improving patient outcomes, such as reducing relapse and hospital admissions. Therefore, it is of interest to assess the impact of a nurse-led intervention on compassionate care and family engagement among caregivers of mentally ill patients. A quasi-experimental design with 60 samples was used, employing socio-demographic data and structured interviews. Results showed significant improvements in compassionate care and family engagement in the experimental group, while the control group showed minimal changes. Thus, we show the effectiveness of nurse-led interventions in enhancing care and engagement.

Keywords

Compassionate care, compassion focused therapy, family engagement

Citation

Anthonysamy et al. Bioinformation 21(8): 2737-2739 (2025)

Edited by

Ritik Kashwani

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.