The aim of this study is to determine the effect of Auditory Hallucination Based Voice Hearing Simulation on the emotional expression and perceived family burden of caregivers of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of Auditory Hallucination Based Voice Hearing Simulation on the emotional expression and perceived family burden of caregivers of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. Method: This study was designed in a pre-test - post-test, randomized controlled design. The study was conducted with 20 caregivers in the intervention group and 20 caregivers of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia in the control group. Data were collected between March 2023 and October 2023 using the Emotional Expression Scale and Perceived Family Burden Scale. Auditory Hallucination Based Voice Hearing Simulation was applied to the intervention group. This sound recording is three-dimensional. While the audio recording is played to the caregivers; Users were asked to complete two tasks, each lasting 10 minutes. The tasks were carried out under the guidance prepared by the researchers. In the control group, the routine practices of the clinic continued.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
1. st stage: Preparation of the environment, introduction, providing information about the purpose, duration and content of the application, application of data collection tools and distribution of the information brochure were provided. 2. nd stage: Introducing the recording devices and headphones, performing the first task simultaneously while listening to the prepared three-dimensional sound recording (watching a city promotional film and answering verbal questions about this film), performing the second task simultaneously while listening to the prepared three-dimensional voice recording (telling a story). (reading the text and answering the questions about this story text in writing) were applied. 3. rd stage: Information about the next application time of the measurement tools was provided. Additional stage: Data collection tools were reapplied.
Diyarbakır Selahaddin Eyyubi State Hospital Community Mental Health Center
Diyarbakır, Yenişehir, Turkey (Türkiye)
Level of Expressed Emotion Scale - LEES
The scale was developed to measure the quality of social interaction between the patient and the caregiver. The scale consists of 41 items. The maximum total score obtained from the scale is 41, and the minimum is 0. High scores from the scale indicate that the caregiver has high emotional expression.
Time frame: one month
The Perceived Family Burden Scale - PFBS
This scale, which is applied to relatives of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, was developed to evaluate the family burden perceived by the patient's relatives. The scale, which evaluates the patient's relative's perception of family burden in the last month, consists of 24 items and two parts, A-B. The maximum total score obtained from the scale is 108, and the minimum is 0. The scale does not have a cut-off point, and high scores from the scale indicate a high perceived family burden.
Time frame: one month
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