The Effect of Psychoeducation Focused on Reducing Internalized Stigma

NCT ID: NCT06347848

Last Updated: 2024-04-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-04-30
• Study Completion Date: 2024-09-01

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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.

Conditions

Schizophrenia; Treatment Adherence; Stigma, Social

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Experimental

Psyhcoeducation Group (Experimental) Psychoeducation focused on reducing internalized stigma will be applied to the experimental group.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Psychoeducation Focused on Reducing Internalized Stigma

Intervention Type: OTHER

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.

No Intervention

Controls (Control Group) No intervention will be applied to the control group.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Psychoeducation Focused on Reducing Internalized Stigma

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.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Volunteer to participate in the research,
• Diagnosed with schizophrenia according to DSM-V TR diagnostic criteria,
• Over 18 years old,
• Being in remission for 2 months,
• At least primary school graduate,
• Residing in Edirne city center and its districts,
• Individuals without hearing or understanding problems.

• Having a diagnosis of dementia or other organic mental disorder as an additional diagnosis,
• Individuals with a history of substance abuse (other than nicotine).

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Kadriye Atar

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Ozge SUKUT, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

Locations

Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

Istanbul, Şişli, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

Kadriye ATAR, MSc

Role: CONTACT

kadriye.atar@ogr.iuc.edu.tr

5065595119 ext. +90

Other Identifiers

IstanbulUCKA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id