Pre-post changes in psychosocial functioning among relatives of patients with depressive disorders after Brief Multifamily Psychoeducation: A pilot study

BMC Psychiatry

Research Article

Megumi Sasaki¹  Toshiaki A Furukawa²  Yosuke Kubota³  Yoshiko Yoshimatsu⁴  Hiroko Toyoda⁴  Atsuko Naito⁴  Yuka Murase⁴  Fujika Katsuki⁵  Masako Suzuki⁶  Hiroshi Takeuchi⁶  Mizuho Konishi⁷  Nao Shiraishi⁸ 

[1] Center for Education and Research on the Science of Preventive Education Naruto University of Education, Tokushima, Japan;Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan;Department of Neuropsychiatry, Tosei General Hospital, Aichi, Japan;Department of Nursing, Nagoya City University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan;Department of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Nagoya City University School of Nursing, Nagoya, Japan;Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan;Department of Psychology, Tokaigakuin University, Gifu, Japan;Shiseikai Yagoto Hospital, Nagoya, Japan;

关键词: Major Depressive Disorder;    Express Emotion;    Japanese Version;    Care Burden;    Zarit Burden Interview;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-11-56

 received in 2010-09-20, accepted in 2011-04-11,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundDepressive disorder is often chronic and recurrent, and results in a heavy psychosocial burden on the families of patients with this disorder. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of brief multifamily psychoeducation designed to alleviate their psychosocial burden.MethodsThirty-two relatives of patients with major depressive disorder participated in an open study testing the effectiveness of brief multifamily psychoeducation. The intervention consisted of four sessions over the course of 6 weeks. Outcome measures focused on emotional distress, care burden and Expressed Emotion (EE).ResultsThe emotional distress, care burden and EE of the family all showed statistically significant improvements from baseline to after the family intervention. The proportion of relatives scoring 9 or more on K6, which indicates possible depressive or anxiety disorder, decreased from sixteen relatives (50.0%) at baseline, to only 3 relatives (9.3%) after the intervention.ConclusionsThis study suggests that brief multifamily psychoeducation is a useful intervention to reduce the psychosocial burden of the relatives of patients with depressive disorder. Further evaluation of family psychoeducation for relatives of patients with depressive disorder is warranted.

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