Web-based psychoeducational intervention for persons with schizophrenia and their supporters: one-year outcomes.

Objective: This study examined the use of a uniquely designed Web site and home computers to deliver online multifamily psychoeducational therapy to persons with schizophrenia and their informal supports (family and friends). Web site usage and outcome benefits are reported.Methods: Thirty-one perso...

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Publicado en:Psychiatric Services Vol. 61; no. 11; pp. 1099 - 1106
Autores principales: Rotondi AJ, Anderson CM, Haas GL, Eack SM, Spring MB, Ganguli R, Newhill C, Rosenstock J, Rotondi, Armando J, Anderson, Carol M, Haas, Gretchen L, Eack, Shaun M, Spring, Michael B, Ganguli, Rohan, Newhill, Christina, Rosenstock, Jason
Formato: research randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Publicado: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. Nov2010
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          Spring MB
          Ganguli R
          Newhill C
          Rosenstock J
          Rotondi, Armando J
          Anderson, Carol M
          Haas, Gretchen L
          Eack, Shaun M
          Spring, Michael B
          Ganguli, Rohan
          Newhill, Christina
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          Internet
          Patient Education Methods
          Schizophrenia Therapy
          Adult
          Attitude to Health
          Family
          Female
          Human
          Male
          Middle Age
          Psychotic Disorders Therapy
          Randomized Controlled Trials
          Telemedicine Methods
          Treatment Outcomes
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
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      ab: Objective: This study examined the use of a uniquely designed Web site and home computers to deliver online multifamily psychoeducational therapy to persons with schizophrenia and their informal supports (family and friends). Web site usage and outcome benefits are reported.Methods: Thirty-one persons with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and 24 support persons were randomly assigned to the online intervention (telehealth) or treatment as usual (usual care) condition. At three, six, and 12 months, interviewer-administered assessments were conducted with participants. Intention-to-treat analyses compared persons with schizophrenia in the two study conditions on severity of positive symptoms and knowledge of schizophrenia. Support persons in the two study conditions were compared on knowledge of schizophrenia. Each participant's usage of the Web site was logged.Results: Persons with schizophrenia in the telehealth condition had a large and significant reduction in positive symptoms (p=.042, d=-.88) and a large and significant increase in knowledge of schizophrenia compared with their counterparts in the usual care condition. Support persons in the telehealth condition showed a large and significant increase in knowledge about prognosis compared with those in the usual care condition (p=.036, d=1.94). Persons with schizophrenia used the Web site to a much greater extent (pages viewed and time spent) than support persons.Conclusions: These findings suggest that online delivery of psychotherapeutic treatment and educational resources to consumers' homes has considerable potential to improve consumer well-being and offers several advantages over standard clinic-based delivery models.
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