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.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
The content of the Resourcefulness intervention group includes 6 sessions such as session 1 to introduce resourcefulness skills; sessions 2-4 to discuss personal resourcefulness skills including planning daily activities, and positive self-talk; sessions 4-5 to discuss social resourcefulness skills including relying on family or friends, and seeking professional assistance.
Peihsin Hospital
New Taipei City, Tamsui Dist, Taiwan
Chinese version of Resourcefulness Scale
Resourcefulness
Time frame: 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
Chinese questionnaire about the process of recovery
recovery
Time frame: 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
WHOQOL-BREF Taiwan version
Quality of Life
Time frame: 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
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