Impact of personalized in-home nursing care plans on dependence in ADLs/IADLs and on family burden among adults diagnosed with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled study

Autor: Juan, Roldán-Merino, Irma Casas, García, Juan Diego, Ramos-Pichardo, Alexandrina, Foix-Sanjuan, Jordi, Quilez-Jover, Manel, Montserrat-Martinez
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Perspectives in psychiatric care. 49(3)
ISSN: 1744-6163
Popis: The study aims to assess the impact of personalized in-home nursing care plans on the degree of dependence among adult patients with schizophrenia, and on family burden.This is a randomized controlled study with 94 participants: The experimental group received a personalized in-home nursing care plan. The comparison group got a standard care at its mental health center.The pretest-posttest multivariate analysis of covariance revealed statistically significant group differences (p = .003). The help received the positive activity and the degree of independence in the experimental group improved mainly due to intervention.A personalized in-home nursing care plan improves the degree of independence of people diagnosed with schizophrenia living in the community and reduces the burden perceived by the family.
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