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Objective To explore the influence of comprehensive intervention on social support and quality of life of the family members of patients with schizophrenia.Methods 80 family members of patients with schizophrenia were randomly divided into the intervention group and the control group (40 cases for each group).Apart from general hygiene education,the intervention group received a 1-year targeted comprehensive intervention.Social support assessed scale (SASS) and comprehensive assessment of the quality of life questionuaire (GQOLI-74) were used to make assessment of social support and quality of life of the family members before and after the intervention.Results After intervention,the total score of SASS and scores of its three dimensions including objective support,subjective support and utilization of social support,the total score of GQOLI-74 and scores of its three dimensions including physical function,psychological function and social function were all significantly increased and higher than the same period of the control group.Conclusions The comprehensive intervention can improve the social function and quality of life of the family members of patients with schizophrenia..
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Objective To study the effect of family intervention on treatment compliance and social function for patients with schizophrenia.Methods 76 patients with schizophrenia were randomly divided into the intervention group and the control group with 38 cases in each group.The patients in both groups were treated with antipsychotics,the control group was only given general hygiene education,while the intervention group was given targeted systematic family intervention for 1 year.The Nurse-Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (N-BPRS),Social Disability Screening scale (SDSS),Insight and Treatment Attitudes Questionnaire (ITAQ),medication adherence questionnaire were used before and after the intervention and then the recurrence rate within 1 year was calculated.Results At the end of 1 year the total scores of NBPRS,SDSS,medication adherence questionnaire significantly decreased in the intervention group and were signif-icantly lower than those of the control group at the same period,while the total score of ITAQ significantly increased in the intervention group and was significantly higher than those of the control group at the same period.The recurrence rate of the intervention group was significantly lower than the control group.Conclusions The family interventions contribute to promote insight recovery of the patients with schizophrenia ef-fectively and improve their treatment compliance,reduce recurrence and to promote the recovery of its so-cial function.
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Objective:To compare the efficacy of citalopram alone and citalopram combined with psychotherapy in patients with postpartum depression. Methods:Fifty-eight women who met CCMD-3 criteria for postpartum depression were randomly assigned to 2 groups. Group A was treated with citalopram 20mg daily alone, group B with citalopram 20mg daily combined with psychotherapy, both for six weeks. Hamilton rating scale (HAMD) was evaluated at baseline and after 1, 2, 4 and 6 weeks of treatment. Results:HAMD scores were decreased with statistical significance since week 1 in group A and since week 2 in group B. At different time points the HAMD scores in group A were lower than those in group B with statistically significant difference. Conclusion: Citalopram combined with psychotherapy was more effective than citalopram alone in the treatment of postpartum depression.