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Open Access 01-12-2011 | Research article

Effect of an education program on improving knowledge of schizophrenia among parents of junior and senior high school students in Japan

Authors: Hatsumi Yoshii, Yuichiro Watanabe, Hideaki Kitamura, Jun Chen, Kouhei Akazawa

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2011

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Abstract

Background

Early detection and intervention in schizophrenia are important in improving quality of life after treatment and are major issues in psychiatric care. Therefore, it is necessary to increase knowledge of schizophrenia among the general public. Among parents of junior and senior high school students in Japan, we compared rates of correct answers for items on knowledge of schizophrenia and ability to discriminate this psychosis from other disorders on questionnaires given before and after viewing a web-based education program.

Methods

Questionnaires were distributed to 2,690 parents. The program was developed to help parents obtain a basic understanding of schizophrenia and to emphasize the necessity of early detection.

Results

Before the program, the rate of correct answers was 77% for items concerning basic knowledge of schizophrenia, 47% for "discrimination of schizophrenia symptoms," and 30% for "discrimination of prodromal symptoms." The program resulted in an improvement in basic knowledge of schizophrenia, discrimination of schizophrenia symptoms, and discrimination of prodromal symptoms (P < 0.001 for all).

Conclusions

Our web-based education program was useful in helping parents acquire a basic knowledge of schizophrenia and discriminate correctly the symptoms of schizophrenia.
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Metadata
Title
Effect of an education program on improving knowledge of schizophrenia among parents of junior and senior high school students in Japan
Authors
Hatsumi Yoshii
Yuichiro Watanabe
Hideaki Kitamura
Jun Chen
Kouhei Akazawa
Publication date
01-12-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-323

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