ArticleBMC psychiatry2017
Treatment outcomes in schizophrenia: qualitative study of the views of family carers.
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- Supporting movement and physical activity in people with psychosis: A qualitative exploration of the carer perspective.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2024Article
- "Out-of-Hospital and with Qualified Exercise Professionals": Keys to the CORTEX-SP Physical Exercise Program According to the Experience of the Participants.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2023Article
- Gender Differences in the Attitudes of Parents Living with Adult Children with Schizophrenia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- An International Pilot Study of Self-Reported Quality of Life in Outpatient and Inpatient Mental Health Settings.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Association Between Glutathione S-Transferase (GST) Polymorphisms and Schizophrenia in a Chinese Han Population.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2020Article
- Experiences, attitudes, and perceptions of caregivers of individuals with treatment-resistant schizophrenia: a qualitative study.BMC psychiatry · 2018Article
- Physical Health Problems in Psychosis: Is It Time to Consider the Views of Family Carers?Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Article
- The role of life context and self-defined well-being in the outcomes that matter to people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2017Article
- Understanding needs of stakeholders and outcomes desired from a home-based intervention program for "difficult to treat" schizophrenia and related disorders: A qualitative study.Indian journal of psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSchizophrenia is a complex, heterogeneous disorder, with highly variable treatment outcomes, and relatively little is known about what is important to patients. The aim of the study was to understand treatment outcomes informal carers perceive to be important to people with schizophrenia.
methodQualitative interview study with 34 individuals and 8 couples who care for a person with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed by a thematic framework based approach.
resultsCarers described well-recognised outcomes of importance, alongside more novel outcomes relating to: Safety (of the patient/others); insight (e.g. into non-reality of psychotic phenomena); respite from fear, distress or pain; socially acceptable behaviour; getting out of the house; attainment of life milestones; changes in personality and/or temperament; reduction of vulnerability to stress; and several aspects of physical health.
conclusionsThese findings have the potential to inform the development of patient- or carer- focused outcome measures that take into account the full range of domains that carers feel are important for patients.
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