An interventional study of Psychoeducation Focused on Reducing Internalized Stigma in Schizophrenia, Treatment Adherence and Stigma, Social, sponsored by Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-04-04.
Sponsored by Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
In the fight against stigma, the focus should be on the education of individuals diagnosed with mental illness. Psychoeducation has an important place in the treatment and rehabilitation of mental health problems. Psychoeducation is necessary for early recognition of signs and symptoms of diseases, ensuring compliance with treatment, improving coping skills, as well as combating stigma, preventing internalized stigma, and counteracting social stigma. If individuals with mental disorders have adequate knowledge about the causes of stigma, they may be less prone to internalized stigma.
The group most exposed to stigma among mental illnesses is individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. These individuals avoid treatment due to fear of stigma, which creates a significant obstacle to ensuring their well-being. Internalization of stigma causes feelings of loneliness, anger, helplessness, deterioration in quality of life, and decrease in self-esteem, while at the same time creating a significant barrier to treatment compliance. Compliance problems with treatment: It causes impairments in functionality, relapses and exacerbations, repeated hospitalizations, adverse effects on quality of life and increased mortality rates. The fact that many patients who receive only medical treatment in the treatment of schizophrenia develop negative attitudes towards drug use due to drug side effects and recurrence of disease symptoms reveals that psychosocial approaches should also be given importance in addition to medical treatment. As a result, it is thought that internalized stigma is a significant obstacle to treatment compliance and practices implemented to reduce internalized stigma are effective in increasing treatment compliance.
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Psyhcoeducation Group (Experimental) Psychoeducation focused on reducing internalized stigma will be applied to the experimental group.
Other: Psychoeducation Focused on Reducing Internalized Stigma
Controls (Control Group) No intervention will be applied to the control group.
Participants will be randomized and divided into experimental and control groups. Initial measurements will be collected through a face-to-face meeting. While the control group will continue to receive routine Community Mental Health Center service, the experimental group will receive a psychoeducation program focused on reducing internalized stigma in addition to the routine Community Mental Health Center service. After the program is completed, final measurements of the experimental and control groups will be collected. The program is planned to consist of 7 sessions, once a week, and approximately 60-90 minutes are expected to be allocated for each session. Sessions will be divided into two sessions: a 30-40 minute session and a 15 minute break.
Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale
It is a self-report scale consisting of 29 items and assessing internal stigma. The scale includes: 1. Alienation (6 items), 2. Endorsement of Stereotypes (7 items), 3. Perceived Discrimination (5 items), 4. Social Withdrawal (6 items) and 5. Resistance to Stigma (5 items). It has five subscales. The items in the scale are on a four-point Likert-type scale as "I strongly disagree" (1 point), "I disagree" (2 points), "I agree" (3 points), "I strongly agree" (4 points). is answered. Items of the "Resistance to stigma" subscale are scored reversely. The total score obtained by summing the scores of the five subscales varies between 29 and 116 points. Higher scores from the scale mean that the person's internalized stigma is more severe in a negative way. While the internal consistency coefficient obtained for the entire scale was found to be 0.93, the split-half reliability of the scale was determined as 0.89.
Time frame: 4 Month
Medication Adherence Reporting Scale
It is a 5-point Likert type scale consisting of 5 questions. The scale is used to evaluate medication compliance in many diseases such as blood pressure, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, hyperlipidemia, chronic pain, and bipolar mood disorder. The total test score is obtained by adding the scores obtained from the items. Scores from the scale vary between 5 and 25. An increase in the scores obtained indicates compatibility, and a decrease in the scores indicates non-compliance. It was found that the scale was evaluated with a single factor structure and had good levels of criterion and discriminant validity and reliability (Cronbach Alpha = 0.85).
Time frame: 4 Month
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