Impact of Burden in Caregivers of Patients Hospitalized for a Psychotic Episode: a Multicenter Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04423809

Acronym

AFP

Enrollment

161

Registered

2020-06-09

Start date

2015-06-10

Completion date

2020-03-27

Last updated

2020-06-09

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

The Objective of Our Study is to Assess and Take Into Account Early on the Suffering of Family Members

Keywords

Psychiatry Nurse Burden Caregiver

Brief summary

Family support is a positive predictor for psychiatric patients. For example, since the 1980s, it has been shown that family psychoeducation improves patient adherence to care and statistically decreases patient relapse and hospitalization rates by half, resulting in lower care costs. Yet, the stress of hospitalizing a patient, seeing the feelings of shame or guilt of caregiver and the impact on their quality of life are rarely taken into account by caregivers during the first weeks hospitalization in a patient's psychiatry. Barrelet emphasizes the importance of organizing the meeting in the first hours of hospitalization with the family in order to strengthen the alliance, to improve communication.

Interventions

OTHERclinical assessment

assessment of caregivers suffering when a family member is hospitalized

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Family members or relatives * Over 18 years * Having a relative * First hospitalized in psychiatry or hospitalized in psychiatry within 5 years * Over 18 years of age * Psychotic episode * Having been informed of their participation in this study * In regular contact with the patient prior to hospitalization, at least 4 hours per week. * French language * Signed written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

-Psychiatric pathology of another family member than the hospitalized.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale	at patient admission	is a simple tool for assessing depressive symptomatology for the general population

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Zarit burden inventory	at patient admission	to assess burden
Short form 36	at patient admission	To assess quality of life
Semi-directional interview	At patient admission	It consists of five items: subjective feeling, quality of life, social life, mood of the caregiver.

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026