Family psychoeducation with caregivers of schizophrenia patients: Impact on perceived quality of life

Verma, Pankaj; Walia, Tejvir Singh; Srivastava, Smiti

doi:10.4103/ipj.ipj_2_19

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“…There is ample evidence that family psychoeducation is an important element of intervention with caregivers of PWS and enables better symptom management and reduction of caregiver burden (e.g., Ozkan, Erdem, Demirel Ozsoy, & Zararsiz, 2013;Sharif, Shaygan, & Mani, 2012;Yasuma et al, 2020) and improvement in the quality of life of caregivers (Verma, Walia, Chaudhury, & Srivastava, 2019). Most family psychoeducation programs incorporate elements relating to the nature of the illness, treatment modalities, drug compliance, dealing with behavioral issues, effective communication, crisis management, problem-solving skills training and coping with life with the PWS (Magliano, Fiorillo, Malangone, De Rosa, & Maj, 2006;McFarlane, Dixon, Lukens, & Lucksted, 2003;Nirmala, Vranda, & Reddy, 2011).…”

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Informal caregiving in schizophrenia: correlates and predictors of perceived rewards

Stanley

Balakrishnan

2021

Social Work in Mental Health

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Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental illness that has repercussions for the afflicted individual as well as the immediate family. While family caregiving entails enormous burden, it is also acknowledged that the experience may be perceived as being rewarding. This study seeks to understand key aspects of caregiving in terms of perceived rewards, the experience of hope, and the social support available to family caregivers. Standardized instruments to assess these variables were administered to primary caregivers of people with schizophrenia and a comparative group. It was seen that both hope, and perceived social support significantly predicted reward perception in the caregivers.

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Section: Implications For Interventionmentioning

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Informal caregiving in schizophrenia: correlates and predictors of perceived rewards

Stanley

Balakrishnan

2021

Social Work in Mental Health

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“…The structured psychoeducational intervention was significantly better than routine outpatient care on several indices including psychopathology, disability, caregiver support and caregiver satisfaction [ 54 ]. Another study similarly assessed the efficacy of family psychoeducation interventions on the caregivers of patients with schizophrenia with respect to their perceived quality of life [ 55 ]. A total of 30 caregivers of male patients living with schizophrenia were selected and divided into either a family psychoeducation intervention given on a bi-monthly basis for 6 months, or control condition [ 55 ].…”

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“…Another study similarly assessed the efficacy of family psychoeducation interventions on the caregivers of patients with schizophrenia with respect to their perceived quality of life [ 55 ]. A total of 30 caregivers of male patients living with schizophrenia were selected and divided into either a family psychoeducation intervention given on a bi-monthly basis for 6 months, or control condition [ 55 ]. Following family psychoeducation, significant improvement in overall quality of life scores was observed in the experimental group caregivers compared to the control group caregivers where no such intervention was provided.…”

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Schizophrenia Assessment, Referral and Awareness Training for Health Auxiliaries (SARATHA): Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study in Rural India

Naslund

Tyagi

Khan

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Background: Workforce shortages pose major obstacles to the timely detection and treatment of schizophrenia, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries. The SARATHA (Schizophrenia Assessment, Referral, and Awareness Training for Health Auxiliaries) project involves the systematic development, iterative refinement, and pilot testing of a digital program for training community health workers in the early detection and referral of schizophrenia in primary care settings in rural India. Methods: SARATHA is a three-phase study. Phase 1 involves consulting with experts and clinicians, and drawing from existing evidence to inform the development of a curriculum for training community health workers. Phase 2 consists of designing and digitizing the training content for delivery on a smartphone app. Design workshops and focus group discussions will be conducted to seek input from community health workers and service users living with schizophrenia to guide revisions and refinements to the program content. Lastly, Phase 3 entails piloting the training program with a target sample of 20 community health workers to assess feasibility and acceptability. Preliminary effectiveness will be explored, as measured by community health workers’ changes in knowledge about schizophrenia and the program content after completing the training. Discussion: If successful, this digital training program will offer a potentially scalable approach for building capacity of frontline community health workers towards reducing delays in early detection of schizophrenia in primary care settings in rural India. This study can inform efforts to improve treatment outcomes for persons living with schizophrenia in low-resource settings.

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“…The majority of studies adopted an RCT design. Eight studies [30,35,51,[57][58][59][60][61] used a pre-test/post-test design, and one study adopted a non-equivalent control group design [62].…”

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Psychosocial interventions for carers of people with severe mental and substance use disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sampogna,

Brohan,

Luciano

et al. 2023

Eur. Psychiatr.

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Background Severe mental disorders – such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and substance use disorders – exert a negative impact not only on affected people but also on their carers. To support carers of people with severe mental disorders, several psychosocial interventions have been developed. Methods This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess whether psychosocial interventions for carers of persons with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or substance use disorders produce benefit/harm with respect to a series of outcomes – including subjective and objective burden, depressive symptoms, well-being/quality of life, sleep, skills/knowledge, self-efficacy, physical health – as compared to standard support/support as usual or other control conditions. Results In carers of persons with schizophrenia, psychoeducational interventions were associated with significant improvement in personal burden, well-being, and knowledge about the illness; and a supportive-educational intervention with an improvement in personal burden. In carers of persons with bipolar disorder, psychoeducational interventions were associated with significant improvement in personal burden and depressive symptoms; family-led supportive interventions with an improvement in family burden; family-focused intervention and online “mi.spot” intervention with a significant reduction in depressive symptoms. Psychosocial interventions used for carers of persons with substance use disorders were found to be overall effective on the level of well-being, but the low number of trials did not allow detection of differences between the various psychosocial interventions. Conclusions The quality of the evidence ranged from very low to moderate, suggesting the need for further better-quality research.

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Family psychoeducation with caregivers of schizophrenia patients: Impact on perceived quality of life

Cited by 15 publications

References 10 publications

Informal caregiving in schizophrenia: correlates and predictors of perceived rewards

Informal caregiving in schizophrenia: correlates and predictors of perceived rewards

Schizophrenia Assessment, Referral and Awareness Training for Health Auxiliaries (SARATHA): Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study in Rural India

Psychosocial interventions for carers of people with severe mental and substance use disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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