Title |
Evaluation of the impact of a psycho-educational intervention on knowledge levels and psychological outcomes for people diagnosed with Schizophrenia and their caregivers in Jordan: a randomized controlled trial
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Published in |
BMC Psychiatry, January 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-244x-14-17 |
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Authors |
Abd Alhadi Hasan, Patrick Callaghan, Joanne S Lymn |
Abstract |
Schizophrenia is one of the most serious forms of mental illness among people being treated in psychiatric clinics in developing and developed countries. Providing care for people diagnosed with schizophrenia can be stressful for their caregivers. Psycho-educational interventions may improve patients' and primary caregivers' knowledge of schizophrenia and impact positively on patients' physical and psychological outcomes and primary caregivers' burden of care and quality of life. Studies thus far have shown that these interventions may improve patients' and caregivers' outcomes, but the quality of included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is poor and it is difficult to draw firm conclusions as to the effectiveness of such interventions on patients and primary caregivers' outcomes, hence the current study. |
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