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Effectiveness of Family Group Interventions for People With Schizophrenia

NCT00940394 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 128

Last updated 2014-08-21

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Summary

The mutual support group intervention would significantly improve the families' burden of care, functioning and social support, reduce the patients' severity of symptoms and re-hospitalizations, and reduce the demands for utilization of family services, when compared with the standard care group.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

mutual support group

bi-weekly, 12-session, family-led mutual support group

BEHAVIORAL

psychoeducation group

bi-weekly, 12-session, family psychoeducation group

OTHER

Standard care

Routine mental health care services provided by the outpatient clinic and related agencies for families of people with schizophrenia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chien Wai-Tong, PhD · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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