Effects of Psychoeducation of Relatives to Patients With Serious Mental Illness

Norwegian University of Science and Technology50 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of psychoeducation for relatives to patients with serious mental illness.

The main aim of the study is to compare the effects of group psychoeducation for relatives to patients with serious mental illness with a waiting list control group. The main hypothesis is whether psychoeducation in groups has effects on the stress experience and coping style in the relatives. The relatives will receive group education in 6 weekly sessions. We will measure stress experience, coping style and the relatives' health condition before the sessions, after the sessions and at one year follow-up.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Mental Disorder Depressive Disorder Schizophrenia

Interventions

PsychoeducationBEHAVIORAL

Structured disorder-related educational program for relatives

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Relatives to patients having a psychotic or bipolar disorder * Good Norwegian language skills * Consent to participate * The patients' consent for their relatives to participate

Locations (1)

Østmarka Psychiatric Department, St. Olavs Hospital, University Hospital of Trondheim

Trondheim, Norway

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

ECI (Experience of Caregiving Inventory) (Smuckler et al,1994)

Time frame: 0-6 months

COOP/WONCA (Bowling, 1995)

Time frame: 0-6 months

Selection of questions from COPE (Carver et al. 1989)

Time frame: 0-6 months

Evaluation-questions

Time frame: 0-6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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