Effectiveness of psychoeducational intervention in prison psychiatry – a randomized controlled trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- F20Schizophrenia
- Registration Number
- DRKS00015666
- Lead Sponsor
- Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Institut für Forensische Psychiatrie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 72
Inclusion Criteria
F20.x Diagnosis, Incarceration expected to last 3 months at least
Exclusion Criteria
massive formal thought disorder, manic elevated mood, hearing imperative voices and acute suicidality with generally reduced stress resilience
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary objective was to determine whether there is a difference in knowledge about the illness before and after psychoeducation in an intervention group compared to a control group.<br>The Knowledge Questionnaire (KQ) was utilized to measure the primary objective. The KQ (Wissensfragebogen; Pitschel-Walz, 1997) is a multiple-choice questionnaire consisting of 21 questions that are related to the topics discussed in the psychoeducational group concerning symptoms, causes, medication and early warning signs.<br>The knowledge questionnaire contains 21 questions with a total of 107 possible answers (each question has between 4 and 8 answers to choose from) of which 70 should be recognized as correct. The sum of the correct answers minus the sum of the wrong answers forms the knowledge score; thereby a maximum of 70 points can be achieved. The KQ was administered to measure the level of knowledge before and after intervention.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method