Rahmani Farnaz, Ranjbar Fatemeh, Ebrahimi Hossein, Hosseinzadeh Mina
Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Department of Psychology, Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
J Caring Sci. 2015 Sep 1;4(3):243-51. doi: 10.15171/jcs.2015.025. eCollection 2015.
Family members often play a vital role as caregivers in the lives of individuals with schizophrenia. RESULTS of the studies showed that family invironment is the most important determinint of patients outcomes like as quality of life, relapse, adherence. This study aimed to determine the effect of group psychoeducational programme on attitude towards mental illness in families of patients with schizophrenia.
In this quasi-experimental study, 74 families who have schizophrenic patients hospitalized in psychiatric wards during sampling were selected by convenience sampling method. Then the sample was randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The families of experimental group received 8 continuous 90-minute 3 times a week psychoeducational sessions. Family attitude towards mental illness was measured using the questionnaire of Opinion about Mental Illnesses (OMI) before and after intervention. Data analysis was conducted using χ(2) test, independent t-test, and paired t-test on SPSS software version 13.
The results showed that majority of the families had negative attitude towards mental illness (88.90%). In addition, the results showed that there was significant difference between different dimensions of attitude towards mental illness before and after psychoeducation in the experimental group. The mean score of families' post-test in the experimental group increased compared to control group 108.86 (14.9), vs. 88.86 (7.5).
The results of this study indicate that psychoeducation improves family attitude towards mental illness. Training methods like group psych education for the families of mental patients can be effective on their attitudes towards mental illness.
家庭成员在精神分裂症患者的生活中往往扮演着至关重要的照顾者角色。研究结果表明，家庭环境是患者生活质量、复发率、依从性等预后的最重要决定因素。本研究旨在确定团体心理教育项目对精神分裂症患者家庭对精神疾病态度的影响。
在这项准实验研究中，采用便利抽样法选取了74个在抽样期间有精神分裂症患者住院治疗的家庭。然后将样本随机分为实验组和对照组。实验组的家庭接受了为期8周、每周3次、每次90分钟的连续心理教育课程。在干预前后，使用精神疾病看法问卷（OMI）测量家庭对精神疾病的态度。使用SPSS 13版软件进行χ(2)检验、独立t检验和配对t检验进行数据分析。
结果显示，大多数家庭对精神疾病持消极态度（88.90%）。此外，结果表明，实验组在心理教育前后对精神疾病态度的不同维度之间存在显著差异。实验组家庭测试后的平均得分高于对照组，分别为108.86（14.9）和88.86（7.5）。
本研究结果表明，心理教育改善了家庭对精神疾病的态度。针对精神疾病患者家庭的团体心理教育等培训方法对他们对精神疾病的态度可能有效。
