The effectiveness of family psycho-educational program in reducing expressed emotion on schizophrenic patients' caregivers

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• S Fereidooni ¹
• Amir Hoshang Mehryar ²
• H javidi ³
• R Afshari ⁴

¹ PhD candidate in Psychology. Department of Psychology.Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences.Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran.

² و Professor of Azad university. Department of Psychology. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences.Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran.

³ Assistant Professor of Azad university. Department of Psychology.Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences.Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran

⁴ Psychiatrist. Shiraz Psychiatry Hospital. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Shiraz. Iran.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this clinical trial study (IRCT2016081729402N1) is explored the effectiveness of familial psycho-educational program in inpatients suffering from schizophrenia in reducing caregivers’ expressed emotion.
Methods: In this clinical trial, we included 49 people from the family of schizophrenic inpatients, who were admitted to Shiraz Psychiatric Hospital. They were randomly divided into intervention (n=24) and control (n=25) groups. Only, in the experimental group, a psycho-educational program was arranged for their caregivers. At baseline, immediately, post-intervention and two month later, all participants completed Family Questionnaire (FQ).
Results: According to the results of the analysis of variance for repeated measures by SPSS software V.20: both groups showed decrease in post-test in FQ (Wilks' Lambda=.031; F=339.859; p=0.0001; Partial Eta Squared=.969). Also, there was a significant difference among groups (F=38.785; p=0.0001; Effect Size=0.45).
Conclusion: Our research findings indicate that using the family psycho-educational program, can decrease the expressed emotion on schizophrenic inpatients' caregivers.

Keywords

• Expressed emotion
• Familial Psycho-education
• Schizophrenia

20.1001.1.22285516.1396.8.29.11.0

Main Subjects

• Psychological Models and Methods

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