schizophrenic family members' psycho-education and its effect on patients psychiatric symptoms
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia.Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disordersF20, F29
- Registration Number
- IRCT138809122812N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria for the patients: a diagnosis of schizophrenia disorder according to DSM-IV criteria within the preceding 5 years, lack of any comorbidity, no any other mental illnesses. All caregivers who were invited to participate identified themselves as the primary caregiver with the greatest responsibility for providing care within the family, and they themselves had not any known mental illness
Exclusion criteria: the family’s participation in another psychoeducational programs within the preceding year, caring for more than one family member with mental illness, substance abuse problem in the patient
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Psychological symptom. Timepoint: Before and immediately and one month after intervention. Method of measurement: by psychological symptom questionnaire.;Family burden. Timepoint: before and immediately and one month after intervention. Method of measurement: family burden questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method