Multifamily Group Psychoeducation for SUD's in Turkey

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of multi-family group psychoeducation (MFGP) on the families of people living with a diagnosis of substance abuse disorder on patients and their families.

It has been reported that families are affected by substance-related disorders. Families that are the target of psychoeducational practices for families are defined as follows: "Family" is a relative, biological family member, partner, close friend, or any other support person or a person who sees herself/himself as the patient's family. In most studies, it has been stated that including family members in the patient's treatment provides additional benefits to substance use services and makes long-term recovery more likely. Studies have found that MFGP is associated with fewer relapses and hospitalizations, improved family well-being, increased participation in vocational rehabilitation, higher employment rates, and reduced costs of care. Multifamily psychoeducation aims to increase the family's knowledge about substance use disorders and to include them in the recovery process.

Study Design:The intervention involves 8-week MFGP for families. During the 8 sessions, it was planned to conduct face-to-face psychoeducational group work, with each session lasting 75 minutes on average. The MFGP to be covered during 8 sessions was created by evaluating MFGP modules from 3 different sources.

Intervention protocols included these subjects:

First session: Psychoeducation on Substance-Abuse Disorders Second session: Effects of Addiction on the Family Third session: illness management Fourth session: Supporting Recovery Fifth session: Improving Stress Coping Skills/Stress Management Sixth session: Developing Problem-Solving Skills Seventh session: Strengthening the Family Eighth session: Working with Stigma

Study population: Families of people suffering from substance abuse disorders were studied.

Expected outcomes: An increase in general and social functionality, a decrease in depression, anxiety, and self-stigma, an increase in quality of life, and treatment compliance are expected for patients. For families, it is expected that depression, anxiety, self-stigma, and caregiving burnout decrease, funcitonalty and quality of life increases and people gain skills to cope with stress.

Conditions

• Disease
• Mental Disorders, Severe
• Substance-Related Disorders
• Substance Use Disorders
• Alcohol Use Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

multifamily group psychoeducation

The intervention involves 8 weeks of multifamily psychoeducation for families. Duration of sessions: 75 minutes on average Context: First session: psychoeducation on substance-abuse disorders; second session; effects of addiction on the family; third session; illness management; fourth session; supporting recovery; fifth session; improving stress coping skills/stress management; sixth session; developing problem-solving skills; seventh session; strengthening the family; eighth session; working with stigma Preferred approach: face-to-face, multi-family Approach: Psychoeducation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ege University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Zeki Yüncü · Ege University

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

64 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-10-10

Primary Completion

2023-08-01

Completion

2023-08-30

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations