Clinical trial NCT06206798: Resourcefulness Group Intervention on Recovery and Quality of Life
Official title: The Effects of Resourcefulness Group Intervention on Recovery and Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Schizophrenia.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Chronic Schizophrenia
Quality of Life
Recovery
Keywords: Resourcefulness
Chronic Schizophrenia
Resourcefulness Group
Recovery
Quality of Life
Lead sponsor: National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-01-16
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 64
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The purpose of this study was to test the effects of resourcefulness group intervention on facilitating recovery and improving the quality of life in patients with chronic schizophrenia.

Detailed description: Purpose: This study aimed to explore the effects of resourcefulness group intervention on facilitating recovery and improving the quality of life in patients with chronic schizophrenia.

Methods: A longitudinal and interventional study with a quasi-experimental research design and convenience sampling were used in this study. Patients with chronic schizophrenia from a psychiatric hospital in northern Taiwan were recruited as subjects and were divided under random assignment into the experimental group and the control group with twenty participants in each. The twenty participants in the experiment group were further randomly distributed into two groups. Both received resourcefulness group intervention weekly for six weeks, while the control group followed regular care routines and underwent conventional treatment. All participants took a pretest before the intervention, the first posttest after six rounds of intervention, and the second posttest four weeks after the group intervention was completed. Data were collected using structured questionnaires, including the Chinese version of the Resourcefulness Scale (C-RS), the Chinese Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR), the WHOQOL-BREF Taiwan Version, and other personal information.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Subjects who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia by a psychiatrist for more than two years and are currently receiving rehabilitation treatment in a chronic ward.
* Age between 20-64 years old.
* Those with stable conditions can communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Exclude clients with Intellectual Disabilities, Organic Encephalopathy, Substance-related and addictive disorders, Personality disorders, Dementia, Cancers, etc.
* Those who are unable to understand the contents of the consent form.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Chinese version of Resourcefulness Scale
timeFrame: Up to 10 weeks. The pre-test questionnaire will be completed before the group starts, the first post-test will be administered after the group, and the second post-test will be administered 4 weeks after the group ends
measure: Chinese questionnaire about the process of recovery
timeFrame: Up to 10 weeks. The pre-test questionnaire will be completed before the group starts, the first post-test will be administered after the group, and the second post-test will be administered 4 weeks after the group ends
measure: WHOQOL-BREF Taiwan version
timeFrame: Up to 10 weeks. The pre-test questionnaire will be completed before the group starts, the first post-test will be administered after the group, and the second post-test will be administered 4 weeks after the group ends
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: New Taipei City
country: Taiwan
facility: Peihsin Hospital
state: Tamsui Dist
Study officials:
affiliation: Associate professor
name: Chien Yu Lai, PhD.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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