Culturally Adapted Family Intervention For Psychosis

August 22, 2015 updated by: Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning

Pilot Study of Culturaly Adapted Family Intervention for Psychosis

Aim:

To assess the feasibility of culturally adapted Family Intervention for Psychosis.

Design:

Randomized Control Trial

Setting:

psychiatric department of different hospitals

Participants:

A total of 36 caregivers of Psychosis patients will be randomized to psychological Intervention and treatment as usual arm.

Intervention:

Culturally Adapted Family Intervention for Psychosis

Outcome measure:

Positive and Negative syndrome scale (PANSS) Experience of care -giving inventory(ECI) Care Well-Being & Support(CWS)

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The purpose of the study is to test the feasibility of culturally adaptive family intervention for Psychosis

Primary Objective :

  • To test whether Pakistani families caring for someone with psychosis will engage with a model of family intervention which has been culturally adapted to meet their needs.
  • To evaluate the acceptability of the intervention to the families who receive it and to gather feedback regarding any changes that might improve the intervention.
  • To gain an impression of whether the intervention has the potential to address unmet psychological and social needs of the families and how this affects their levels of stress

the investigators will conduct a feasibility pilot study to test whether Pakistani families offered the intervention will want to receive it. The Participants will be recruited from psychiatric department of different hospitals. They will be randomly divided into two groups; intervention group and treatment-as-usual group. A total of thirty six participants will be recruited in the pilot study and divided equally into two arms. This will ensure that, even after loss to follow-up, we will have at least 12 subjects per group for analysis (FDA guidance http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/5356fnl.pdf).Randomization will be carried out by the on offsite statistician. This will provide a reliable geographically remote service. For intervention group ten sessions of family intervention will be provided by trained research clinician during the period of three months. Relatives of Patients in the treatment as usual (TAU) group will be given details of intervention at the end of the study and interested families will be offered family intervention

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

36

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Sindh,
      • Karachi, Sindh,, Pakistan
        • Dow University of Health Sciences

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Living with or with at least 10 hours per week face to face contact with an individual with psychosis who has a caring role. Plus the individual with psychosis themselves.
  2. Individuals aged between 18-65.
  3. Resident of Karachi.
  4. Participant is able to give informed written consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Severe drug or alcohol problem (i.e., those who fulfill the criteria for dependence according to ICD10 RDC).
  2. Unstable residential arrangements such that the likelihood of being available for the duration of the trial is low.

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Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Family Intervention
Culturally Adapted Family intervention for Psychosis Sessions will be offered weekly basis
This 10 session Multi-modal Psychosocial Intervention will include a supportive component, an educational component, psychosocial component
Other Names:
  • Psychosocial intervention
No Intervention: Control
Caregiver ' s Patients who will be randomized to the "treatment as usual" arm will receive routine care

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Positive and Negative syndrome scale (PANSS)
Time Frame: six months
The PANSS is a structured clinical interview consisting of 30 items designed to assess severity of symptoms over the past week on a 7-point scale.
six months
Experience of Care-giving inventory(ECI)
Time Frame: six months
Commonly apply to persons who care for relative or friends With a serious mental illness
six months
Carer Wel-Being & Support(CWS)
Time Frame: six months
A questionnaire for carers of people with a mental Health problem
six months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Family Questionnaire(FQ)
Time Frame: six months
Find out the problem of caregiver for relative or friends With a serious mental illness.
six months
Insight rating scale
Time Frame: six months
Assesses Improvement in insight
six months
Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia
Time Frame: six months
This is a nine-item scale developed by Addington et al. to assess depression in schizophrenia
six months
Short Explanatory Model Interview
Time Frame: six months
used to elicit beliefs of mental illness
six months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Imran Chaudhry, MD, University of Manchester
  • Principal Investigator: Nusrat Husain, MD, Pakistan Institute of Learning and Living, University of Manchester
  • Principal Investigator: Farooq Naeem, MRCPsych, Pakistan Institute of Learning and Living, University of Southampton
  • Principal Investigator: Munir Hamirani, FCPS, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital
  • Principal Investigator: Raza Ur Rehman, FCPS, Dow University of Health Sciences
  • Principal Investigator: Ajmal kazm, Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

February 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 17, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 18, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

June 19, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 25, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 22, 2015

Last Verified

August 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • FINT-PSY-02

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