Effect of family teaching on the attitudes of family members of patients with schizophrenia and the recurrence of illness in patients

Completed

• Conditions: Physically and mentally healthy family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia

• Registration Number: CTRI/2017/02/007803
• Lead Sponsor: Agnes E J

Brief Summary

The study approach is evaluative and use quasi experimental design. Sample size is 100, 50 each in the PFIM group and TAU group. The expressed emotion of caregivers are found to cause relapse among patients with schizophrenia. Family interventions are found to be helpful in reducing the expressed emotion, thereby reducing the relapse.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-01-07
• Last Update Posted: 2017-03-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with the diagnosis of schizophrenia as per ICD-10.
• Patients with the caregivers who are willing to come for six-months follow-up.
• Patients who had at least two hospitalizations and with a duration of at least 6 months of illness 4.
• Caregivers who are residing with the patient for the last one year 4.
• Patients and caregivers who can speak English,Malayalam or Kannada.

Exclusion Criteria

• Caregivers with physical disability 2.
• Caregivers with a diagnosed psychiatric disorder 4.
• Patients with co-morbid medical surgical illness and substance abuse.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PANSS scores of patients	one, three and six months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Expressed emotion scores of family caregivers	one, three and six months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Father Muller Medical College Hospital; 🇮🇳 Kannada, KARNATAKA, India

Father Muller Medical College Hospital

🇮🇳Kannada, KARNATAKA, India

Prof Agnes E J

Principal investigator

8050157831

agnesej2011@gmail.com