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Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 27, No. 5, 583-599 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0193945905275938

Psychoeducation Program for Chinese Family Carers of Members With Schizophrenia

Lai-Yu Cheng

Kwai Chung Hospital

Sally Chan

the Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a psychoeducation program for Chinese family carers of members with schizophrenia in Hong Kong. The participants consisted of 64 carers of clients with schizophrenia who were recruited from a local mental hospital and randomly assigned to the experimental and control arm (32 each). The experimental group received a psychoeducation program developed and implemented by mental health nurses based on Atkinson and Coia’s framework. The control group received routine care. The outcome measures were family burden, self-efficacy, and perception of social support. The findings showed that the experimental group had more improvement on their perception of burden of care (t = 5.25, p< .01), self-efficacy (t = -7.16, p< .01), and social support (t= -5.61, p < .01). This study supports psychoeducation as an effective nursing intervention for Chinese family carers.

Key Words: psychoeducation program • Chinese family carers • clients with schizophrenia • evaluation


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