Resourcefulness Group Intervention on Recovery and Quality of Life

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Completed

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study was to test the effects of resourcefulness group intervention on facilitating recovery and improving the quality of life in patients with chronic schizophrenia.

Detailed Description: Purpose: This study aimed to explore the effects of resourcefulness group intervention on facilitating recovery and improving the quality of life in patients with chronic schizophrenia.

Methods: A longitudinal and interventional study with a quasi-experimental research design and convenience sampling were used in this study. Patients with chronic schizophrenia from a psychiatric hospital in northern Taiwan were recruited as subjects and were divided under random assignment into the experimental group and the control group with twenty participants in each. The twenty participants in the experiment group were further randomly distributed into two groups. Both received resourcefulness group intervention weekly for six weeks, while the control group followed regular care routines and underwent conventional treatment. All participants took a pretest before the intervention, the first posttest after six rounds of intervention, and the second posttest four weeks after the group intervention was completed. Data were collected using structured questionnaires, including the Chinese version of the Resourcefulness Scale (C-RS), the Chinese Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR), the WHOQOL-BREF Taiwan Version, and other personal information.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia by a psychiatrist for more than two years and are currently receiving rehabilitation treatment in a chronic ward.
Age between 20-64 years old.
Those with stable conditions can communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclude clients with Intellectual Disabilities, Organic Encephalopathy, Substance-related and addictive disorders, Personality disorders, Dementia, Cancers, etc.
Those who are unable to understand the contents of the consent form.

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
experimental group	Resourcefulness Group	1. Subjects were randomly assigned to the experimental or the control group. 2. There were 20 members in the experimental group who received 6-week intervention activities. 3. Each subject was asked to fill out the questionnaires three times in total. The first time was before the intervention; the second time was right after the intervention; and the last time was four weeks later of the intervention.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Chinese version of Resourcefulness Scale	Up to 10 weeks. The pre-test questionnaire will be completed before the group starts, the first post-test will be administered after the group, and the second post-test will be administered 4 weeks after the group ends	Resourcefulness
Chinese questionnaire about the process of recovery	Up to 10 weeks. The pre-test questionnaire will be completed before the group starts, the first post-test will be administered after the group, and the second post-test will be administered 4 weeks after the group ends	recovery
WHOQOL-BREF Taiwan version	Up to 10 weeks. The pre-test questionnaire will be completed before the group starts, the first post-test will be administered after the group, and the second post-test will be administered 4 weeks after the group ends	Quality of Life

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method

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