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Online Family Support and Education for Schizophrenia

NCT00046085 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2016-09-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study evaluated the benefits of providing relatives of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia the opportunity to interact with each other using the Internet. It was hypothesized that patients whose relatives had access to the internet intervention would have reduced symptoms and greater community tenure, compared to their counterparts who did not have relative access to the internet education and support program. We also collected information on how frequently the relatives used the website and how well they liked its features.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Online Family Education

Families were provided with private, secure access to the website, which features family-to-family chat capabilities, video lectures on the management of schizophrenia, written materials on important issues in schizophrenia management, professionally facilitated online discussions of the material, and additional resource links.

BEHAVIORAL

Customary care

Participants received care as usual.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Shirley M Glynn, Ph.D. · University of California, Los Angeles

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-03-31
Primary Completion
2005-12-31
Completion
2006-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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