Efficacy of a psychoeducational programme to reduce the burden associated with caring for a patient with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
- Conditions
- Burden associated with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder caregivingMental and Behavioural DisordersProblems related to certain psychosocial circumstances
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN32545295
- Lead Sponsor
- Institute of Psychiatric Research (Spain)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
1. Males or females with age more than or equal to 18 years, giving care to a familiar person with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM IV) -TR criteria
2. The caregiver was not professionally paid for caregiving
3. The familiar diagnosed of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder was receiving appropriate care as outpatient in a day centre or ambulatory centre
4. The caregiver spent a minimum of 4 hours/week to attend the patient with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
5. The patient cared for had received a first disease diagnose or had had a first disease episode at least two years before trial recruitment
6. Signed informed consent, for both the patient and the caregiver, to participate in the trial
1. Caregivers without time to attend the psychoeducative intervention training
2. Caregivers receiving currently or recently (last year), any standardized psychoeducative intervention similar to the one administered in the trial
3. The patient has been hospitalized the last month for a time over 30 days
4. The patient has been diagnosed of mental retardation, dementia or another cognitive disorder
5. The patient lives in a home supervised by professionals
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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