A J Rotondi1, G L Haas2, C M Anderson3, C E Newhill4, M B Spring5, R Ganguli2, W B Gardner6, J B Rosenstock2. 1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, and Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh. 2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh. 3. Department of Psychiatry and Department of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh. 4. Department of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh. 5. Department of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh. 6. Children's Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio, and Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the feasibility of a telehealth psychoeducation intervention for persons with schizophrenia and their family members. STUDY DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. PARTICIPANTS: 30 persons with schizophrenia and 21 family members or other informal support persons. INTERVENTIONS: Web-based psychoeducation program that provided online group therapy and education. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Measures for persons with schizophrenia includedperceived stress and perceived social support; for family members, they included disease-related distress and perceived social support. RESULTS: At 3 months, participants with schizophrenia in the intervention group reported lower perceived stress (p = .04) and showed a trend for a higher perceived level of social support (p = .06). CONCLUSIONS: The findings demonstrate the feasibility and impact of providing telehealth-based psychosocial treatments, including online therapy groups, to persons with schizophrenia and their families.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the feasibility of a telehealth psychoeducation intervention for persons with schizophrenia and their family members. STUDY DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. PARTICIPANTS: 30 persons with schizophrenia and 21 family members or other informal support persons. INTERVENTIONS: Web-based psychoeducation program that provided online group therapy and education. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Measures for persons with schizophrenia included perceived stress and perceived social support; for family members, they included disease-related distress and perceived social support. RESULTS: At 3 months, participants with schizophrenia in the intervention group reported lower perceived stress (p = .04) and showed a trend for a higher perceived level of social support (p = .06). CONCLUSIONS: The findings demonstrate the feasibility and impact of providing telehealth-based psychosocial treatments, including online therapy groups, to persons with schizophrenia and their families.
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group therapy; online treatment; psychoeducation; schizophrenia; telehealth
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