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A Brief Family-centered Care Program for Bipolar Disorder

NCT02893007 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 47

Last updated 2016-09-13

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Summary

Family interventions have been emphasized in the treatment of BPD and have benefits for patients' symptoms and health; however, the effects of family interventions on family function and caregivers' health-related outcomes have not been well investigated. This randomized controlled trial with 47 hospitalized patient-with-BPD/family-caregiver dyads at a medical center in northern Taiwan compared the effects of a brief family-centered care (BFCC) program with treatment-as-usual (TAU). The findings support both the feasibility of using the BFCC program for inpatients and its specific benefits for family function. An intensive family intervention during hospitalization has been suggested in psychiatric practice to support patients with BPD and family caregivers.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Brief family-centered care (BFCC) program

The therapist provided the 4-session BFCC program twice a week for each dyad. The core principles treated family as a single unit and provided individually tailored interventions to improve family function through psychoeducation, social and emotional support, and actively raising questions to facilitate constructive awareness and changes. It was initially held to assess family function, then to provide information about BPD, to support and empower the dyads to change communication styles and resolve conflicts, and to sustain or improve family function in the cognitive, affective, and behavioral domains.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Hsiu-Ju Lee, MS · Head Nurse, Department of Nursing, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-03-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

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