An interventional study of Family psychoeducation in Major Depressive Disorder, sponsored by Nagoya City University. Completed at 1 site in Japan. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 85 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-04-05.
Sponsored by Nagoya City University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of brief multifamily psychoeducation to relieve the psychological distress of families of patients with chronic major depression and to improve their family functioning.
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a long-lasting illness with significant effects on the patient's family, social life, and work life. Treatment failure results in a low recovery rate and frequent relapses.
Relatives of patients with MDD are fraught with heavy psychosocial burden and show increased rates of depression and anxiety. Among relatives of patients with MDD, the patient's behavior and mood disturbance and relative's emotional distress were associated with the relatives' burden.
Family psychoeducation is recognized as part of the optimal treatment for patients with psychotic disorder. This intervention has been shown to reduce the rates of relapse and hospitalization among individuals with psychotic disorders and is recognized as an evidenced-based treatment for psychotic disorder. Several randomized controlled trials have found that family psychoeducation is effective in enhancing the course of bipolar disorder. However, there are few studies on psychoeducation of families of patients with MDD.
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of brief multifamily psychoeducation to relieve the psychological distress of families of patients with chronic major depression and to improve their family functioning, in a randomized controlled trial.
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This study's enrollment of 49 is below the median of 84 across 6,718 interventional studies indexed under Depression.
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Family psychoeducational therapy in addition to treatment as usual for the patients.
Behavioral: Family psychoeducation
Treatment as usual administered by physician and counseling administered by nurse.
Behavioral: Family psychoeducation
Family psychoeducational therapy every two weeks for six weeks in addition to treatment as usual administered by physicians
The change of total score of K6 of family members
The K6 questionnaire is a six-item self-report questionnaire that was developed to screen for DSM-IV depressive and anxiety disorder.
Time frame: The base line, 8, 16 and 32
The change of total score of Family Attitude Scale(FAS) of family members
The Family Attitude Scale(FAS) is a 30-item self report inventory and measures families' Expressed Emotion(EE).
Time frame: The base line, 8, 16 and 32
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