- Nurse-administered psychosocial intervention improved mood modulation, notably depression and tension.
- Pilot quantitative pre and post-test study in a women's penitentiary; 12 participants, nine completed the programme.
- Suggests potential as a non-pharmacological therapeutic option for nurses in prisons, though reductions in common mental disorder symptoms were not statistically significant.
Rev Bras Enferm. 2026 Sep 18;79:e20250348. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2025-0348. eCollection 2026.
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: to analyze the therapeutic potential of a psychosocial intervention protocol developed and administered by nurses.
METHODS: a pilot, quantitative, preand post-test study, approved by the Ethics Committee and conducted with 12 women deprived of liberty in a women’s penitentiary complex in a municipality in Minas Gerais. Sociodemographic data and data regarding symptoms of common mental disorders and mood modulation were collected. Descriptive statistics, measures of dispersion, and non-parametric tests were used for data analysis.
RESULTS: nine women completed the proposed program. Improvement was identified in all domains analyzed in relation to mood modulation, with particular emphasis on the depression and tension domains. Regarding symptoms of common mental disorders, there was a reduction in descriptive terms, but without statistical significance.
CONCLUSIONS: the results suggest that the proposed intervention has the potential to be considered as a non-pharmacological therapeutic option by nurses working in the prison system.
PMID:42788571 | DOI:10.1590/0034-7167-2025-0348
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