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Application of Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT-G) to Family Members Caring for Patients With Schizophrenia

Stopped: People didn't apply. The number of participants required to begin the intervention was not reached.

Turkey (Türkiye)0Started 2024-07

Plain-language summary

The goal of this re-measured quasi-experimental study is to evaluate the effect of Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT-G) intervention given to caregiver family members of people with schizophrenia on caregiver burden, perception of social support and stigma, adherence to treatment in people with schizophrenia they care for, and emotional expression in both caregivers and people with schizophrenia they care for. The main hypotheses it aims to test are: 1. IPT-G intervention will reduce the caregiver burden of caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia. 2. IPT-G intervention will increase the perceived social support levels of caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia. 3. IPT-G intervention will reduce the level of stigma of caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia. 4. IPT-G intervention will reduce the level of emotional expression of caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia. 5. IPT-G intervention applied to caregivers will increase the level of adherence to treatment of individuals with schizophrenia they care for. 6. IPT-G intervention applied to caregivers will reduce the emotional expression levels of individuals with schizophrenia they care for.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Be between the ages of 18-65 * Being able to speak and understand fluent Turkish, * Being the primary caregiver of a family member with one of the Schizophrenic Disorders and Psychotic Disorders, * Caring for a family member with Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder for at least 6 months. * Both the caregiver and the patient voluntarily agree to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Having a dismissive attachment style (to be evaluated by the researcher), * Having antisocial personality traits (to be evaluated by the researcher), * Having narcissistic personality traits (to be evaluated by the researcher), * Having active suicidal ideation (to be evaluated by the investigator). Removal criteria: * Not attending more than two sessions of the 7-session intensive/group phase * Failure to comply with the norms and rules of group therapy (continuity, confidentiality, respectful communication, interaction with group members, participation)

What they're measuring

Change in caregiver burden evaluated with the Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale (ZCBS)

Timeframe: Change in caregiver burden at 6 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05870384

SponsorAbant Izzet Baysal University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-10