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A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Effectiveness of a Psychoeducational Intervention on Family Caregivers of Patients with Mental Disorders

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The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a psychoeducational intervention on caregivers of patients assisted by the Center for Psychosocial Health Care (CPHC) focusing on the patient’s psychopathology. This was a randomized clinical trial with 130 caregivers with higher mean burden scores assessed using the Zarit Burden Interview Scale (ZBI) (66 caregivers in the intervention group and 64 in the control group). The intervention included six home visits of psychoeducational interventions according to each mental disorder identified in the CPHC records. The intervention group had a reduction of 4.8 points in ZBI mean score (p = 0.008) and in the control group, the reduction was 1.9 points, which was not significant (p = 0.305). It is possible to think that psychoeducation may have served to inform about the disease and how to deal with it, to give emotional support to caregivers and to implement coping strategies and stress management.

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  1. Postgraduate Programme in Health and Behavior, Universidade Católica de Pelotas-UCPel, Gonçalves Chaves, 377–411 C, Pelotas, CEP 96015-560, Brazil

    Viviane Tabeleão & Luciana de Avila Quevedo

  2. Social Medicine Program, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

    Elaine Tomasi

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All participants signed a written informed consent for the analysis and anonymous publication of the research findings. The research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Catholic University of Pelotas (nº 2010/33) according to resolution 196/96 of the National Health Council. The clinical trial was registered by RBR-686gts. Figure 1 shows the study flowchart.

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Tabeleão, V., Tomasi, E. & de Avila Quevedo, L. A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Effectiveness of a Psychoeducational Intervention on Family Caregivers of Patients with Mental Disorders. Community Ment Health J 54, 211–217 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-017-0126-7

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