Outcome of patients with schizophrenia

60 Efective Implementation of a Structured Psychoeducation Programme among Caregivers of Schizophrenia Patients in the Community Table 4. Overall percentage score for each question in the Knowledge Questionnaire Form Question Number Baseline Immediate Post Test 312 Post Test 612 Post Test 1 94.5 98.1 98.2 98.2 2 67.9 96.3 86.2 91.7 3 86.2 94.4 91.7 94.5 4 24.8 18.5 46.8 55.0 5 26.6 37.0 52.3 56.0 6 29.4 38.9 60.6 64.2 7 58.7 75.9 75.2 76.1 8 95.4 96.3 93.6 96.3 9 94.5 92.6 99.1 97.2 10 86.2 88.9 93.6 97.2 11 86.2 90.7 94.5 92.7 12 95.4 94.4 99.1 97.2 13 54.1 74.1 79.8 84.4 14 80.7 96.3 86.2 94.5 15 42.2 57.4 55.0 58.7 16 55.0 68.5 70.6 69.7 17 50.5 74.1 73.4 71.6 18 78.0 87.0 89.9 87.2 19 82.6 94.4 89.9 93.6 20 82.6 94.4 89.0 93.6 Table 5. Outcome of patients with schizophrenia in intervention and control groups at 6 months a Outcome Measure Intervention Group n=54 Control Group n=55 p-value b Readmission rate 3 5.6 5 9.1 0.479 Default follow-up 6 11.1 14 25.5 0.032 a Data are presented as number percentage. b Statistical analyses using the Independent samples T-test. 61 Efective Implementation of a Structured Psychoeducation Programme among Caregivers of Schizophrenia Patients in the Community Table 6. FBISSF scores of caregivers in the intervention and control groups Module Intervention Group Control Group Baseline At 312 p- value At 612 p- value Baseline At 312 p- value At 612 p- value Section A: Assistance in Daily Living Module severity 7-35 14.26 11.24 0.012 10.69 0.581 13.44 12.06 0.251 9.86 0.235 Section A: Assistance in Daily Living Module burden 7-28 11.89 9.42 0.018 9.41 0.991 9.98 10.35 0.691 8.93 0.118 Section B: Supervision Module severity 6.30 6.15 0.805 5.83 0.609 6.58 6.36 0.664 5.80 0.191 Section B: Supervision Module burden 5.96 5.69 0.620 5.56 0.796 6.11 6.00 0.783 5.69 0.358 Section C: Financial Expenditures Module severe debt financial burden 3.43 3.85 0.108 4.00 0.528 4.04 4.22 0.457 4.20 0.927 Section D: Impact on Daily Routines Module Past 1 month 5.06 4.72 0.337 4.22 0.035 5.16 4.82 0.352 4.44 0.215 Section E: Worry 25.87 26.74 0.399 26.39 0.739 22.71 22.89 0.903 23.53 0.674

4.5 FBISSF score of caregivers

Table 6 summarises the FBISSF of caregivers in the intervention and control groups at baseline, 3 6 months post-psychoeducation. 62 Efective Implementation of a Structured Psychoeducation Programme among Caregivers of Schizophrenia Patients in the Community Table 7. Opinions of staff regarding the feasibility of the psychoeducation programme Question Agree n Disagree Unsure n 1. In your opinion, is this psychoeducation programme beneficial to the patient? 9 90 1 10 2. Do you find the programme a burden? 6 60 4 40 3. Do you find it easy to implement the module? 8 80 2 20 4. Do you have support from the other staff in implementing this programme? 9 90 1 10 5. Are you satisfied in giving the psychoeducation to the patientcaregiver? 10 100 0 0 6. Do you find the programme too time consuming? 8 80 2 20 7. Would you like incentives to be given such as time off extra allowance? 10 100 0 0 8. Should this programme be continued? 10 100 0 0

4.5.1 FBISSF scores of caregivers in the intervention group