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Trial reportNursing & health sciences2025

Impact of a Psychoeducation on Caregiver Burden, Internalized Stigma, Anxiety, and Coping in Caregivers of Children With Epilepsy: A Randomized Pilot Study.

Havva Kaçan, Halis Sakız

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Nursing & health sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Havva KaçanFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2493-3051
Halis SakızDepartment of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Letters, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2406-1011

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This pilot randomized trial examined the effects of a psychoeducational intervention on caregiving burden, anxiety, internalized stigma, and coping strategies among caregivers of children with epilepsy. Using a randomized design, 54 caregivers were assigned to either an experimental (n = 28) or control (n = 26) group. The 6-week intervention included psychoeducation, emotional support, and stress-management techniques aimed at enhancing caregivers' psychological well-being. Results showed significant reductions in caregiving burden (p = 0.000), internalized stigma (p = 0.000), and anxiety (p = 0.000) in the experimental group, while the control group showed no significant changes. Caregivers in the experimental group also adopted more adaptive coping strategies, including increased self-confidence (p = 0.000) and optimistic approaches (p = 0.001), greater reliance on social support (p = 0.001), and decreased use of helpless (p = 0.000) and submissive coping styles (p = 0.000). These findings demonstrate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of psychoeducational interventions for improving caregiver well-being and suggest the need for a future large-scale definitive trial to confirm these effects.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalAnxietyCaregiversEpilepsySocial StigmaAdultChildCost of IllnessFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsStress, PsychologicalSurveys and Questionnairesanxietycaregiving burdencoping strategiesepilepsyinternalized stigmapsychoeducation

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PMID40355136
PMCPMC12068945

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