Psychoeducation in Patients Who Diagnosed With Schizophrenia
Condition: Quality of Life; Well-Being; Compliance, Treatment
MeSH terms: Schizophrenia
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      People with schizophrenia are faced with social problems such as repeated hospitalizations,
      stigma with lack of social skills, unemployment, lack of necessary and adequate health care
      and education due to lack of adequate care in the community they live in. It is known that
      psychoeducation practices aimed at developing social skills in schizophrenia give patients
      new skills and these skills continue for many years. This study aimed to determine the effect
      of group psychoeducation that focused on social skill development on treatment adaptation,
      quality of life and well-being in schizophrenia patients and the interaction between these
      variables over time.
    

Detailed description: 
      The aim is to determine the effect of group psychoeducation that focused on social skill
      development on treatment adaptation, quality of life and well-being in schizophrenia patients
      and the interaction between these variables over time.

      The study was conducted with 42 schizophrenia patients (n=21 intervention group; n=21 control
      group) using a quasi-experimental research design. Patients were evaluated using a pre-test,
      post-test, monitoring test, "Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS)", "Quality of Life
      Scale for Schizophrenia (QLSS)" and "Flourishing Scale" (FS). The measurements were taken 3
      times: pre test, post-test and 3-months post-test.
    

Intervention name(s): Group Psychoeducation that Focused on Social Skill Development
Intervention type(s): Behavioral
Intervention description(s): Psychoeducation Program consists of; Preparatory Session, Recognition of Schizophrenia, Evaluating the Treatment of Schizophrenia, Stress and Coping with Stress, Improving Communication Skills, Improving Problem-solving Skills, Improving Interpersonal relationships and social activities and Evaluating Session.The sessions were held in the form of PowerPoint presentations. In the psychoeducation program, lecture, question-answer, homework, sharing experiences, group discussion, repetition, video presentation, summarization, reinforcer, and role-playing techniques were used. The day before each session, patients were phoned and reminded of the time of the session. At the end of each session, the content of the subject is given as hard copy and cookies, tea and coffee were served.
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention model description: The research was using quasi-experimental research methods. The experimental group was composed of patients with schizophrenia registered at Community Mental Health Center and the control group was composed of outpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia who applied to Psychiatric Polyclinic.The patients met the inclusion criteria of the study and volunteered to participate in the study.The study was completed with 42 patients (n=21for the intervention group; n=21 patients for the control group).Psychoeducation program were applied to intervention group. No intervention was performed on the patients in the control group.To the experimental and control group, at screening (pre-test), eight weeks after screening (post-intervention/post-test), three months after the post tests (follow-up) was applied.The mesurements were taken simultaneously in the intervention and control groups.
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Treatment
Keywords: schizophrenia; psychoeducation; compliance to treatment; quality of life; well-being