Caregiver Burden
Conditions
Brief summary
The present study registration relates to a quantitative sub-study of a larger mixed method study, including also a qualitative sub-study. Together, these investigations will provide complementary insights. The quantitative study is a follow-up study of close relatives (\> 16 years) of patients in treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) who participated in a group-based 4-day psychoeducational program.
Detailed description
The study is a follow-up study of close relatives (\> 16 years) of patients in treatment for SUDs who participated in a group-based 4-day psychoeducational program. The investigators will examine whether the family intervention in the specialized treatment services has benefits in terms of typical patient reported outcomes; physical complaints, psychological functioning, family functioning and QoL. The data collection has been finalized in 2017.
Interventions
OTHERFamily program
A 4-day psychoeducational family program.
Sponsors
Sorlandet Hospital HF
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* All participants in a family program
Exclusion criteria
* None
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caregiver burden | Changes from baseline to the 3 months follow-up | Changes in Codependency symptomatology measured with the Composite Codependency Scale (CCS). Participants indicate the extent to which they agreed with each statement on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). |
| Family functioning | Changes from baseline to the 3 months follow-up | Changes in the general family functioning subscale (GFFS). Respondents complete 12 items with a four-point response scale (1 = strongly agree, 4 = strongly disagree). A mean score is computed and a higher score indicated greater family dysfunction. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mental distress | Changes from baseline to the 3 months follow-up | Changes in the the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL) 10-item version, which is used to measure mental distress. This 10-item index maps symptoms of anxiety (4 items) and depression (6 items) on 4-point Likert-type scales ranging from not bothered at all (1) to extremely bothered (4). The global severity index (GSI) constitutes the average of all items, with the highest score indicating greater symptom severity during the past week. |
| Physical complaints | Changes from baseline to the 3 months follow-up | Changes in physical complaints, measured on a 10-point ordinal scale (scaled 0 - 10) with higher score indicating more complaints. |
| Well-being / quality of life | Changes from baseline to the 3 months follow-up | Changes in Quality of Life measured with the QoL-5 scale (5 items). Responses are scored on a five-point scale ranging from very poor to very good QoL and then recoded into a decimal scale from 0.1 to 0.9, where 0.9 is the highest/best score and 0.1 the lowest/worst |
Countries
Norway
Outcome results
None listed