Effectiveness of Family Group Interventions for People With Schizophrenia
MSG
Evaluation of the Effects of Mutual Support and Psycho-educational Group Interventions for Family Caregivers of People With Schizophrenia
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The mutual support group intervention would significantly improve the families' burden of care, functioning and social support, reduce the patients' severity of symptoms and re-hospitalizations, and reduce the demands for utilization of family services, when compared with the standard care group.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for phase_2 schizophrenia
Started Jan 2007
Longer than P75 for phase_2 schizophrenia
2 active sites
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Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2007
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 15, 2009
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
July 16, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
September 1, 2011
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2011
CompletedAugust 21, 2014
August 1, 2014
4.7 years
July 15, 2009
August 19, 2014
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
length of re-hospitalizations
at recruitment, six-month, 18-month and 36-month post-intervention
Secondary Outcomes (2)
families' perceived social support
at recruitment, six-month, 18-month and 36-month post-intervention
patients' symptom severity
at recruitment, six-month, 18-month and 36-month post-intervention
Study Arms (3)
standard care
OTHERFamilies receive routine community and family mental health care services
mutual support group
EXPERIMENTALbi-weekly, 12-session, family-led mutual support group
psychoeducation group
ACTIVE COMPARATORbi-weekly, 12-session, family psychoeducation group program
Interventions
bi-weekly, 12-session, family-led mutual support group
bi-weekly, 12-session, family psychoeducation group
Routine mental health care services provided by the outpatient clinic and related agencies for families of people with schizophrenia
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- family caregivers lived with and cared for one family member diagnosed with schizophrenia according to the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994)
- family caregivers were at least 18 years of age and could understand and read the Chinese (Mandarin) language; and
- family caregivers were free from any mental illness themselves.
You may not qualify if:
- the patients with schizophrenia suffered no co-morbidity due to other mental illness during recruitment to the study
- family caregivers cared for more than one family member with mental or chronic physical illness; and/or
- family caregivers had been the primary carers for less than three months
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (2)
Li Ka Shing Specialty OPD
Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
AHNH Psychiatric OPD
Taipo, NT, Hong Kong
Related Publications (4)
Chien WT, Thompson DR, Norman I. Evaluation of a peer-led mutual support group for Chinese families of people with schizophrenia. Am J Community Psychol. 2008 Sep;42(1-2):122-34. doi: 10.1007/s10464-008-9178-8.
PMID: 18584319RESULTChien WT, Thompson DR. An RCT with three-year follow-up of peer support groups for Chinese families of persons with schizophrenia. Psychiatr Serv. 2013 Oct;64(10):997-1005. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200243.
PMID: 23820670RESULTChien WT, Chan SW. The effectiveness of mutual support group intervention for Chinese families of people with schizophrenia: a randomised controlled trial with 24-month follow-up. Int J Nurs Stud. 2013 Oct;50(10):1326-40. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.01.004. Epub 2013 Feb 19.
PMID: 23433723RESULTChien WT, Bressington D, Chan SWC. A Randomized Controlled Trial on Mutual Support Group Intervention for Families of People With Recent-Onset Psychosis: A Four-Year Follow-Up. Front Psychiatry. 2018 Dec 18;9:710. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00710. eCollection 2018.
PMID: 30618880DERIVED
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Chien Wai-Tong, PhD
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 2
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 15, 2009
First Posted
July 16, 2009
Study Start
January 1, 2007
Primary Completion
September 1, 2011
Study Completion
December 1, 2011
Last Updated
August 21, 2014
Record last verified: 2014-08