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Impact of Family Psychoeducation on Psychosis

NCT ID: NCT01172106

Last Updated: 2010-07-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-08-31

Study Completion Date

2010-10-31

Brief Summary

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There is currently no clear involvement of families/caregivers in the care for postpartum mothers that develop postpartum psychosis. The lack of knowledge on causes of postpartum psychosis may influence the nature of perceived social support that mothers receive from caregivers. It is hoped that the provision of a culturally adapted version of family psychoeducation will bridge the knowledge gap and provide the much needed information. We therefore hypothesized that the involvement of a family member of a postpartum mother with a psychotic illness in a weekly session of family psychoeducation.

Detailed Description

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Postpartum psychosis causes distress to the mother, baby, spouse and other primary caregivers. This is especially true for Uganda where cultural beliefs for the causation of the illness place blame on supposedly the postpartum mother's promiscuity during pregnancy (COX, 1979). Cultural perceptions on the causes of postpartum psychosis may affect the nature of social support the mothers perceive from their families when they develop the illness. Other perceptions regarding postpartum psychosis in Uganda lay blame on supernatural causes like witchcraft.

Family psychoeducation which sets out to inform families of the nature of the illness is called for so as to demystify the illness.

Conditions

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Postpartum Psychosis

Keywords

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Postpartum psychosis Perceived social support Family psychoeducation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Encouragement on drug compliance

The intervention for the placebo comparator will be encouragement on drug compliance

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

drug compliance

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Mothers and their caregivers will be encouraged to comply with the given medication

Encouragement of drug compliance

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Mothers and their caregivers in the placebo comparator will receive an intervention of drug compliance encouragement

Family psychoeducation

The experimental group will receive weekly sessions of psychoeducation for 12 weeks in addition to receiving drug compliance encouragement

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Family psychoeducation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The experimental group will receive family psychoeducation for 12 sessions

Interventions

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drug compliance

Mothers and their caregivers will be encouraged to comply with the given medication

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Encouragement of drug compliance

Mothers and their caregivers in the placebo comparator will receive an intervention of drug compliance encouragement

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Family psychoeducation

The experimental group will receive family psychoeducation for 12 sessions

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Psychosocial intervention Psychosocial intervention Psychosocial intervention

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Postpartum mothers with a psychiatric illness in the current postpartum period.
* Must have been admitted to the mental health facility for the current episode.

Exclusion Criteria

* Mothers residing out of a radius of 50 km away from the health facility.
* Mothers that do not have caregivers.
* Mothers who are not fluent in the language in which the study will be conducted.
Minimum Eligible Age

13 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Makerere University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Department of Psychiatry, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University

Principal Investigators

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Eija Airaksinen

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Karolinska Institutet

Locations

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Makerere University College of Health Sciences

Kampala, , Uganda

Site Status RECRUITING

Makerere University College of Health Sciences

Kampala, , Uganda

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Uganda

Central Contacts

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Janet Nakigudde

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +256-772-407-885

Email: [email protected]

Janet Nakigudde

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +256-772-407-885

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Janet Nakigudde

Role: primary

Eija Airaksinen

Role: backup

Janet Nakigudde

Role: primary

Eija Airksinen

Role: backup

Other Identifiers

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2006/HD11/4572U

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id