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The Effect of Self-Awareness Skills on Stigma in Family Caregivers of Patients with Bipolar Disorder type 1

Not Applicable
Conditions
Bipolar type 1.
Bipolar disorder
Registration Number
IRCT20231014059720N1
Lead Sponsor
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
49
Inclusion Criteria

Entry criteria for caregivers: first-degree relative of the patient who is the main caregiver of the patient.
High school education
living in Mashhad and Iranian nationality
age at least 18 and at most 60 years old
no physical, hearing and visual impairments
no known mental disorders and no drug use in this context
no experience of another crisis such as divorce and Death of loved ones in the last six months
lack of medical education
Criteria for the admission of patients: Confirmation of a patient with type 1 bipolar disorders by a psychiatrist
at least six months have passed since the diagnosis of the disease
and have a history of at least one previous hospitalization in a psychiatric hospital.

Exclusion Criteria

to be absent in one of the training sessions
After completing the training process, the main caregiver of the patient experiences such things as divorce or the death of a loved one until the post-test
During the research, participate in another educational program in this field.

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The effect of self-awareness skill training on the stigma of family caregivers. Timepoint: before and one month after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Ritscher et al.'s internal stigma questionnaire of mental patients.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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