Clinical trial NCT04280835: Psychoeducation in Patients Who Diagnosed With Schizophrenia
Official title: The Effect of Group Psychoeducation That Focused on Social Skills Development Applied to Patients Who Diagnosed With Schizophrenia on Treatment Compliance, Quality of Life and Well-being
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Quality of Life
Well-Being
Compliance, Treatment
Keywords: schizophrenia
psychoeducation
compliance to treatment
quality of life
well-being
Lead sponsor: Gazi University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-02-21
Enrollment: 42
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 61
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
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.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief 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.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Volunteering
* Being 18 and over being literate
* Having been diagnosed with schizophrenia for at least three months
* Taking oral antipsychotics
* Being in remission.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Being in an acute period of exacerbation
* Actively using alcohol or psychoactive substances
* Having mental retardation or dementia
* Having another psychiatric illness that makes it impossible to cooperate.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Quality of Life Scale for Schizophrenia (QLSS)
timeFrame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks (also assessed at 20 weeks post-baseline)
measure: Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS)
timeFrame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks (also assessed at 20 weeks post-baseline)
measure: Flourishing Scale (FS)
timeFrame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks (also assessed at 20 weeks post-baseline)
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Merve Kızılırmak Tatu
Study officials:
affiliation: Gazi University Health Science Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
name: Merve Kızılırmak Tatu, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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