Health Condition 1: G- Mental Health
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Nurse-led-Dyadic Intervention: The Nurse-led Dyadic Intervention includes nurse-led counseling sessions conducted over three consecutive days, lasting one hour each day, for patients in
Sponsors
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inpatients o All genders o Patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and newly initiated on clozapine therapy. o Between the age of 18-60 years. o Patients who can understand Hindi and English. o Patients accompanied by informal caregivers who will be actively involved in patient care on a day-to-day basis for at least six months. Informal caregiver o All genders o Informal caregivers aged above 18 years. o Informal caregivers who can understand Hindi and English o Informal caregivers who are willing to regularly monitor pill card, investigation card, communicate with the researcher by phone once in every two weeks and actively involved in management and reporting of side effects.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patient o Patients diagnosed with co-morbid intellectual disability. Informal caregiver o Informal caregivers with severe psychiatric or neurological disorders. o Informal caregivers with any sensory deficits.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adherence to medicationTimepoint: Three months and six months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Attitude towards medication, anthropometric measurements, haematological profile, biochemical profile, adherence to WBC monitoring, severity of illness, quality of life, socio occupational functioning, family burdenTimepoint: 3 months and 6 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Sailaxmi Gandhi
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)
Outcome results
None listed