Observed Social Support and Willingness for the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia

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Table 1 Schedule and Procedure of the Interview of Participants

Research Starting Time	Patients with Schizophrenia Interview Schedule	Psychiatrists Interview Schedule	Psychologists Interview Schedule
At least three separate meetings with patients with schizophrenia, psychiatrists and psychologists	The interview ranged from 30–40 minutes. The interview was not taken on the same day. The interview day was selected depending on the mood of the patient.	Psychiatrists selected from the same hospital or center where the patients were selected.	Psychologists also selected from the same hospitals or centers where the patients and psychiatrists were selected.
1-2 months	All interviews were taken from patients within 33 days. The patient was already diagnosed by psychologist/psychiatrist	The interview ranged from psychiatrists was 30–40 minutes. All interviews were taken in one week.	The interview ranged from psychologists was 30–40 minutes. Questions were selected according to the field of the psychologists.
All the sample size have been taken from the same hospitals and special centers only because of to get results more authentic and reliable	Bonding with the patients was created before the data was collected. So that patients can give an authentic and real interview. Those patients getting social support from family and friends only interviewed that person, seeing their history. Family. Friends always visit meetings and centers every week.	All the psychiatrists had at least eight to ten meetings with patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatrists use therapies and different motivation techniques to the readiness for treating patients with schizophrenia.	All the psychologists had at least nine Counseling sessions with patients with schizophrenia. All interviews were taken approximately 2 weeks or more because psychologists were busy to give counseling sessions to the other disability.

Table 2 Demographic Information of the Patients with Schizophrenia, Psychiatrist and Psychologist

Demographics of Interview Guide	Patient’s Overall Demographic Information	Psychiatrist’s Overall Demographic Information	Psychologists Overall Demographic Information
Age	18–22	25–30	25–30
	23–27	31–36	31–36
	28–32	37–42	37–42
Qualification	Primary/less Then primary	M.Phil./Ph.D. in Psychiatry/diploma In psychiatry degree	MSc Psychology/ M. Phil/Ph.D. in Psychology
No of treatment	1–2 years admit	1–3	5–7 sessions
	2–3 years admit	4–6	8–10 sessions
	3–4 years admit	7–9	11–13 sessions
Marital status	Married/unmarried	Married/unmarried	Married
Occupation	Student/housewife	Doctors in public and private Hospitals	Psychologists in hospitals and Special centers

Table 3 Themes and Subthemes Developed from the Semi-Structured Interview

No	Themes	Sub-Themes
1	Observed social support and Multidimensional observed social support in patients with schizophrenia	Observed Social Support, the role of family Social Support, the role of friends Social Support, and another support
2	Psychiatrist different motivations and therapies that help patients willingness for treatment	Intrinsic Motivation, Identified Motivation, Introjection Motivation, External Motivation, Amotivation, and therapies
3	Role of counseling	Benefits of counseling for patients with schizophrenia, effectiveness of counseling