Sapru Iman, Khalid-Khan Sarosh, Choi Elaine, Alavi Nazanin, Patel Archana, Sutton Chloe, Odejayi Gbolahan, Calancie Olivia G
Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON,Canada.
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Hotel Dieu Hospital (Queen's University), 166 Brock St., Kingston, ON K7L 2Y6,Canada, Phone: +(613) 544 3400 ext. 2508, Fax: +613 544 7623.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2016 Oct 14;30(4):/j/ijamh.2018.30.issue-4/ijamh-2016-0069/ijamh-2016-0069.xml. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2016-0069.
[1] To highlight the effectiveness of multi-family psychoeducation group therapy (MFPGT) in children with mood or anxiety disorders; [2] to measure change in knowledge and awareness of mood and anxiety disorders in families and children; and [3] to compare the relative effectiveness of online compared to live MFPGT.
Participants included families of children (12 years or younger) referred with a mood or anxiety disorder to the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Queen's University (n=16) who were on a waitlist to see a psychiatrist. Change was measured through questionnaires for all parents before and after the program. Using SPSS v22, comparisons between the online (n=6) and live (n=10) groups were made using the Mann-Whitney U test and within group comparisons were made using Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
The online and live education groups showed similar overall improvements in knowledge acquisition and expressed emotion in participating families. However, statistical significance must be interpreted with caution due to the small sample size.
Online MFPGT may be an effective way to increase knowledge, provide resources and support and build on skills thus giving individuals more control and confidence when dealing with a mood or anxiety disorder while on a waitlist. MFPGT showed equal efficacy in live and online groups, indicating that the online program has the potential to be a more convenient and accessible program for families. More research is needed with a greater sample size.
[1] 强调多家庭心理教育团体治疗（MFPGT）对患有情绪或焦虑障碍儿童的有效性；[2] 衡量家庭和儿童对情绪和焦虑障碍的知识及认知的变化；[3] 比较在线MFPGT与现场MFPGT的相对有效性。
参与者包括被转介至女王大学儿童与青少年精神病学部门、患有情绪或焦虑障碍的12岁及以下儿童的家庭（n = 16），这些家庭正在等待看精神科医生。通过在项目前后对所有家长进行问卷调查来衡量变化。使用SPSS v22，在线组（n = 6）和现场组（n = 10）之间的比较采用曼-惠特尼U检验，组内比较采用威尔科克森符号秩检验。
在线教育组和现场教育组在参与家庭的知识获取和表达情绪方面总体改善相似。然而，由于样本量小，统计学显著性必须谨慎解释。
在线MFPGT可能是一种有效的方式，可增加知识、提供资源和支持并提升技能，从而使个体在等待期间应对情绪或焦虑障碍时更具掌控力和信心，并能增强他们的自信。MFPGT在现场组和在线组中显示出同等疗效，表明在线项目有可能成为对家庭来说更方便、更易获得的项目。需要更大样本量进行更多研究。
