Schizophrenia
Conditions
Interventions
This brief FPE program is single family intervention conducted by psychiatric visiting nurses, which is comprised of 4 modules that last 60 min in length and will be completed over the period of a mon
Sponsors
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Department of Mental Health
Department of Community Mental Health and Law, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for a visiting nurse agency is that the visiting nurse mainly provided their services for psychiatric patients/clients rather than elderly people or those with other physical diseases at least one year or more. In each agency, visiting nurses care for people with schizophrenia who live with their family at least two cases. There are no exclusion criteria at the cluster level. In terms of the participation criteria at the individual level, we set the following inclusion criteria for a caregiver of people with schizophrenia: 1) a primary caregiver who takes care of people with schizophrenia, 2) a caregiver is over 20 years old, 3) a caregiver has a family relationship with people with schizophrenia such as parents, brothers, sisters, spouses and children and 4) a caregiver is living with people with schizophrenia. There are no exclusion criteria for a caregiver of people with schizophrenia. In addition, the inclusion criteria for people with schizophrenia is as follows: 1) People diagnosed with schizophrenia by using ICD-10, 2) people with schizophrenia use the service of visiting nurses.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: None
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Zarit burden interview (ZBI-22) The outcome assessments will be conducted at baseline, 1-month follow-up and 6-month follow-up. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Family outcome K6 General Self Efficacy Scale (GSES) WHO-5 Knowledge of Illness and Drug inventory (KIDI) People with schizophrenia outcome Behavior and Symptoms Identification Scale (BASIS-32) WHO-5 Hospitalization at 6-month follow-up The outcome assessments will be conducted at baseline, 1-month follow-up and 6-month follow-up. Hospitalization at 6-month follow-up is provided by the caregiver at the baseline and the six-month follow-up. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactNaonori Yasuma
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Department of Mental Health
Outcome results
None listed