Clinical trial NCT06883734: The Effect of Illness Management Skill Training Applied to Patients With Schizophrenia
Official title: The Effect of Illness Management Skill Training Applied to Patients With Schizophrenia on Engulfment, Quality of Life and Illness Management and Recovery Levels
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Schizophenia Disorder
Keywords: Schizophrenia
engulfment
quality of life
illness management
recovery
Illness Management Skills Training
psychiatric nursing
Lead sponsor: Selcuk University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Selçuk University
First posted: 2025-03-19
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: This study was a randomized controlled trial with pre-test and post-test control groups.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study was aimed to examine the effectiveness (illness management and recovery, engulfment, quality of life) of a 12-week the Illness Management Skills Training applied to patients with schizophrenia. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Hypothesis (H1-1): Illness Management Skills Training applied intervention group has lower engulfment than the control group.

Hypothesis (H1-2): Illness Management Skills Training applied intervention group has higher quality of life than the control group.

Hypothesis (H1-3): Illness Management Skills Training applied intervention group has higher illness management and recovery level than the control group.

Researchers were compared the Illness Management Skills Training to a control group (no intervention) to see if the Illness Management Skills Training works on engulfment, quality of life, illness management and recovery in patients with schizophrenia.

Participants were:

- attended the Illness Management Skills Training, one session per week for 12 weeks, 60 minutes per session, in addition to routine outpatient clinic check-ups.

Detailed description: The study examined 110 individuals aged 18-65 who were diagnosed with schizophrenia and applied to the S.U. Faculty of Medicine Mental Health and Diseases Polyclinic in the last year, according to the inclusion-exclusion criteria. A total of 50 individuals diagnosed schizophrenia were included in the study. These individuals were randomly assigned to two groups: intervention and control. Pre-test data were collected using the "Personal Information Form", "Modified Engulfment Scale", "SF 36 Quality of Life Scale" and "Illness Management and Recovery Scale-Patient Form" from the intervention and control groups by researchers between August 2024 and February 2025 in the Group Therapy Room of the Mental Health and Diseases Polyclinic, based on self-reporting. The "Illness Management Skills Training" was applied to the intervention group in 4 groups, one session per week, for a total of 12 weeks. At the end of the Illness Management Skills Training, both the intervention and control groups were administered the "Modified Engulfment Scale", "SF 36 Quality of Life Scale" and "Illness Management and Recovery Scale-Patient Form". No intervention was applied to the control group throughout the 12-week program; the patients continued with their routine outpatient clinic check-ups.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being between the ages of 18-65,
* Having been diagnosed with Schizophrenia for at least 6 months according to ICD-10,
* Being registered with the Selcuk University Faculty of Medical Hospital Mental Health and Diseases Polyclinic,
* Coming to the polyclinic for regular check-ups,
* Getting a mild/moderate score from the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS),
* Taking medication regularly,
* Being at least literate.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having an organic mental disorder or mental retardation,
* Having a visual or hearing impairment,
* Participating in a program similar to the intervention to be implemented.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Illness management and recovery total mean score
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of training at 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Engulfment total mean score
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of training at 12 weeks
measure: Physical function, social function, physical role difficulty, emotional role difficulty, mental health, energy/vitality, pain and general health Physical and Mental Component Summary Scale mean scores
timeFrame: From enrollment to the end of training at 12 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Konya
country: Turkey
facility: Selcuk University Faculty of Medical Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Selcuk University
name: Neslihan Lok, Prof. Dr
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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