IRCT2016122731248N2 IRCT 2017-01-10 Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Stress management Training on the Caregiver Experience in Families Members of Patients with Schizophrenia The Effect of Stress management Training on the Caregiver Experience in Families Members of Patients 2017-01-20 anticipated 60 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/24623 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Health service research. N/A Schizophrenia. Intervention 1: The intervention consists of six sessions of stress management training which is issued by lecture, question and answer during 9 sessions (90 minutes) three times a week, ) three times a week, in week days and an hour before the meeting. Intervention 2: At the end of the data collection The control group will be invited for Stress management group training to participate in 1 stress management group training session in 10 member groups which is hold by lecture and in person.

public Rezaee Mahdi

Alavi Hospital Mashhad

Mashhad Iran (Islamic Republic of) +98 383234681 www.rezaeim922@mums.ac.ir Mashhad University of Medical Sciences scientific Saeed Vaghee

Rodaki 26, Rezashahr

Mashhad Iran (Islamic Republic of) +98 5105138513258 www.vaghees@mums.ac.ir Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Iran (Islamic Republic of) Family entry criteria Family consent (caregivers) for the study; the person who is trained should be of the close relatives as main caregiver and live with the patient in the same home ; be literate (at least fifth-grade education); be Iranian and live in Mashhad and ; aged 18 at least and 60 at most years old; have no known mental disorder and not use of related drugs ; have no history of drug abuse and criminal record; physical defects, hearing and vision disorders that disrupt the educational process; not have experienced any other crisis such as divorce or death of a loved one during the past six months; not any other chronic mental or physical patient be existed in the family simultaneously . Inclusion criteria for patients (to determine the research unit): Schizophrenia should be confirmed by a psychiatrist; At least six months should have passed from the time of diagnosis; Patients should not have any other chronic disease simultaneously; not having cognitive disorders and addiction simultaneously; not having mental illness or disability caused by; should have history of at least one previous hospitalization in psychiatry hospital. Exclusion criteria: The family is not willing to continue participation in the meetings; have missed more than one meeting; the main caregivers of patients experience a “major stress” after completion of the training process until the test or take part in similar training courses during the research or is majored in one of medicine, nursing, psychology fields; Failure to participate in the post-test 18 years 60 years Both f20 Schizophrenia Lifestyle Treatment - Drugs The intervention consists of six sessions of stress management training which is issued by lecture, question and answer during 9 sessions (90 minutes) three times a week, ) three times a week, in week days and an hour before the meeting. At the end of the data collection The control group will be invited for Stress management group training to participate in 1 stress management group training session in 10 member groups which is hold by lecture and in person. Caregiver Experience of Patients. Timepoint: Before and 3 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Standard Szmukler and partners validated and reliable questionnaire translated by doctor Mottaghipour et al. N/A. Timepoint: N/A. Method of measurement: N/A. Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Approved 2016-02-27 Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran (Islamic Republic of)