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P-1305 - Effect of a Psycho-educational Intervention for Family Members on Caregiver Burdens and Psychiatric Symptoms in Patients With Schizophrenia in Shiraz-iran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

F. Sharif ,
M. Shaygan ,
A. Mani  and
Family of Schizophrenic Patients
F. Sharif
Affiliation:
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
M. Shaygan
Affiliation:
Psychiatric and Mental Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
A. Mani
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

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Background

This study explored the effectiveness of family psycho education in reducing patients’ symptoms as well as on family caregiver burden, and investigated the relationship between patients’ symptoms and caregiver burden.

Methods

Seventy Iranian outpatients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia disorder and their caregivers were randomly allocated to the experimental (n = 35) or control groups (n = 35). Patients in the experimental group received antipsychotic drug treatment and a psycho-educational program was arranged for their caregivers. At baseline, immediately post-intervention and one month later, validated tools were used to assess patients’ clinical status and caregiver burden.

Results

Compared with the control group, the case group showed significantly reduced symptom severity and caregiver burden, immediately post-intervention and one month later.

Conclusions

These results suggest that even short-term Psycho-educational Intervention for family members of patients with schizophrenic disorder can improve the outcomes of patients and their families.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2012 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2012
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