Clinical trial NCT04065360: Group Cognitive Behavioural Family Intervention (CBFI) for People With Schizophrenia and Their Families
Official title: Effectiveness of Group Cognitive Behavioural Family Intervention (CBFI) for People With Schizophrenia and Their Families: A Mixed-method Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Schizophrenia
Psychosis
Keywords: Schizophrenia
Psychosis
Family intervention
Cognitive behavioural therapy
CBT
Lead sponsor: Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
Collaborators: name: The University of Hong Kong
First posted: 2019-08-22
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Cognitive behavioural family intervention (CBFI) is a brief psychosocial intervention that incorporates the model of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) into the family context. It builds upon the current trend of family interventions/psychoeducation with refocusing on the cognitive model within the family interpersonal relationship. Existing literature indicates that CBFI may be effective in improving positive and negative symptoms of people diagnosed with schizophrenia immediately following the programme. This mixed-method is to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a CBFI programme for people with schizophrenia and their families in a local context. The findings may accumulate more evidence that CBFI is a brief and effective psychosocial intervention that is adapted to Hong Kong clinical settings.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Service users

* Diagnosis of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, based on clinical judgement by the treating clinicians
* Aged 18-65
* Able to communicate in Cantonese

Family caregivers

* Aged above 18
* Living with service users
* Able to communicate in Cantonese
* Nominated by the service users

Exclusion Criteria:

Service users

* Having co-morbidity of learning disability
* Organic/neurological conditions
* Substance misuse disorder

Family caregivers

* Having active psychiatric conditions
* Looking after more than one family member suffering from chronic physical or mental illnesses

Primary outcomes:
measure: Qualitative feedback from the clinicians of the concerned wards
timeFrame: Immediate posttreatment
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Positive symptoms of service users
timeFrame: Immediate posttreatment
measure: Negative symptoms of service users
timeFrame: Immediate posttreatment
measure: Expressed emotion by service users
timeFrame: Immediate posttreatment
measure: Caregiving experience by family caregivers
timeFrame: Immediate posttreatment
measure: Perceived care burden by family caregivers
timeFrame: Immediate posttreatment
measure: Mood disturbance by family caregivers
timeFrame: Immediate posttreatment
measure: Qualitative feedback from the service users and their families
timeFrame: Immediate posttreatment
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: Kwai Chung Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Kwai Chung Hospital
name: Chak Fai Ma, MSc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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