A study to assess how feasible and effective are family interventions addressing expressed emotions of opioid substitution therapy recipients.

Phase 1

Completed

• Registration Number: CTRI/2018/05/013600
• Lead Sponsor: All India Institute Of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2020-03-09
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects

1Male patients

2Age range of 18-60 years

3Initiated on buprenorphine maintenance treatment for minimum of two weeks and maximum of 4 Weeks

Family Member

1Related by blood or marriage and living with the patient in the same house since at least past one year

2Age range from 18-60 years (either gender)

3Living with the subject for at least past one year and will be with the patient during the course of the study period

4Score >54 on Family Attitude Scale, corresponding to ââ?¬Ë?highââ?¬• EE

5Informed consent for interview and intervention

6Informed consent for self and family interview and intervention

Exclusion Criteria

Subject

1Individuals dependent on other psychoactive substances (except tobacco) in the past three months

2Any serious medical illness which may interfere with interview process

3Any psychiatric illness which may interfere with interview process�

Family Member

1 Any serious medical illness or psychiatric illness(including substance use disorders) which may interfere with interview process

2Have received structured psychological intervention family intervention in past one year

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
There will be decrease in expressed emotions of family members with six session of family interventionsTimepoint: 6 weekly session in 8-10 weeks time

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
There will be decrease in burden of family members in post assessment after interventionTimepoint: 6 week sessions in 8-10 weeks time;There will be improvement in QOL of family members post assessmentTimepoint: 6 weeks session within 6-8 weeks time;There will be improvement in QOL of patients post interventionTimepoint: 6 weekly sessions within 8-10 weeks time;There will be improvement of perceived critic of patients towards family membersTimepoint: 6 weekly session within 8-10 weeks time