Psychosis, Schizophrenia
Conditions
Brief summary
This mixed-method study aims to examine the feasibility of delivering tgCBFI programme to dyads of people with schizophrenia and their family caregivers, and generate preliminary evidence on the effectiveness of tgCBFI in reducing expressed emotion. The research questions are as follows. 1. What are the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of conducting a tele-group CBFI programme for people with schizophrenia and their family caregivers? 2. What effect does tgCBFI have on the expressed emotion experienced by adults with schizophrenia and the caregiving experience of their family caregivers at posttreatment and 12-week after completion of the programme? 3. What effect does tgCBFI have on the positive and negative symptoms of adults with schizophrenia and the perceived care burden and level of mood disturbance of their family caregivers at posttreatment, and 12-week after completion of the programme?
Interventions
BEHAVIORALtgCBFI
Six weekly sessions CBT-based family intervention programme
BEHAVIORALUsual psychiatric care
Integrated community psychiatric care with medical follow-up
Sponsors
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The University of Hong Kong
Kowloon Hospital, Hong Kong
Nethersole Institute of Continuing Holistic Health Education
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Service users * diagnosis of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, based on ICD-10 made by the treating clinicians * aged 18 to 64 * able to communicate in Cantonese Family caregivers * aged 18 or above * able to communicate in Cantonese * live with service users
Exclusion criteria
Service users * have co-morbidity of learning disability, organic/neurological conditions, or substance misuse disorder * live in hostel Family caregivers -have active psychiatric conditions
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Level of service satisfaction of service users and family caregivers | Immediate posttreatment |
| Feasibility, acceptability, and safety of the programme | Throughout the whole programme |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Perceived expressed emotion of service users | up to 12-week follow up |
| Positive and negative symptoms of service users | up to 12-week follow up |
| Mood disturbance of family caregivers | up to 12-week follow up |
| Perceived care burden of family caregivers | up to 12-week follow up |
| Qualitative feedback from service users and family caregivers | Immediate posttreatment |
Countries
Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed