Relationship between the Experience of Own Bodily Sensations, Catching Emotions from Others,and Difficulty in Understanding and Expressing Emotions among Caregivers of Individuals withSchizophrenia

Not yet recruiting

Conditions: Caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia

Registration Number: CTRI/2023/10/058924

Lead Sponsor: Riddhi Budhiraja

Brief Summary: This cross-sectional study aims to investigate the correlation between interoceptive sensibility,emotional contagion, and alexithymia among caregivers of persons with schizophrenia. Individualssatisfying the inclusion criteria will be approached in person and briefed about the study. Followingreceipt of written consent, they will then be administered threequestionnaires: Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA-2), EmotionalContagion Scale (ECS), and Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). Once the process of datacollection is over, data will then be entered into an excel sheet for analysis purposes. The resultswill then be reported along with a discussion in light of the same.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Not Yet Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 85

Inclusion Criteria

1 Caregivers of persons with schizophrenia 18 years and above 2 Caregivers living with and caring for the schizophrenic patient for more than 1 year.

Exclusion Criteria

1 Individuals currently seeking treatment for or those who have any history of seeking treatment for a psychiatric or neurological disorder 2 Caregivers caring for more than one care recipient.

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To study the relationship between interoceptive	NA, this is not an interventional study.
sensibility, emotional contagion, and alexithymia	NA, this is not an interventional study.
among caregivers of persons with schizophrenia	NA, this is not an interventional study.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To study the patterns of interoceptive	sensibility, emotional contagion, & alexithymia

Trial Locations

Locations (1): Kasturba Medical College (KMC)
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Udupi, KARNATAKA, India
Kasturba Medical College (KMC)
🇮🇳Udupi, KARNATAKA, India
Dr Shwetha TS
Principal investigator
9880993080
shwetha.ts@manipal.edu