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A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Effectiveness of a Psychoeducational Intervention on Family Caregivers of Patients with Mental Disorders

Authors: Viviane Tabeleão, Elaine Tomasi, Luciana de Avila Quevedo

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 2/2018

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a psychoeducational intervention on caregivers of patients assisted by the Center for Psychosocial Health Care (CPHC) focusing on the patient’s psychopathology. This was a randomized clinical trial with 130 caregivers with higher mean burden scores assessed using the Zarit Burden Interview Scale (ZBI) (66 caregivers in the intervention group and 64 in the control group). The intervention included six home visits of psychoeducational interventions according to each mental disorder identified in the CPHC records. The intervention group had a reduction of 4.8 points in ZBI mean score (p = 0.008) and in the control group, the reduction was 1.9 points, which was not significant (p = 0.305). It is possible to think that psychoeducation may have served to inform about the disease and how to deal with it, to give emotional support to caregivers and to implement coping strategies and stress management.

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Title: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Effectiveness of a Psychoeducational Intervention on Family Caregivers of Patients with Mental Disorders
Authors: Viviane Tabeleão
Elaine Tomasi
Luciana de Avila Quevedo
Publication date: 01-02-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-017-0126-7

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