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Studies in Psychology
Estudios de Psicología
Volume 7, 1986 - Issue 27-28
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Un ensayo controlado de intervención social en familias de pacientes esquizofrénicos

A controlled trial of social intervention on families of schizophrenic patients

Pages 151-166 | Published online: 29 Apr 2014
 

RESUMEN

En este estudio se expone un ensayo controlado de intervención social en familias de pacientes esquizofrénicos con alto riesgo de recaída. Los pacientes se seleccionaron por tener mucho contacto con familiares con alta emoción expresada. Todos los pacientes mantuvieron su tratamiento con medicamentos neurolépticos. Una mitad de las veinticuatro familias se asignaron al azar a cuidados rutinarios de pacientes externos, mientras que la otra mitad recibió un paquete de intervenciones sociales. Éste comprendía un programa de educación acerca de la esquizofrenia, un grupo para los parientes y sesiones familiares para parientes y pacientes. La tasa de recaída en el grupo de control fue de cincuenta por ciento comparada con el nueve por ciento del grupo experimental (P = 0.04). Los objetivos establecidos en las intervenciones terapéuticas se alcanzaron en el setenta y tres por ciento de las familias experimentales, en las cuales no hubo pacientes con recaídas. Los resultados evidencian el papel causal de la emoción expresada de los familiares en la recaída de pacientes esquizofrénicos, así como de la efectividad terapéutica de la intervención social combinada con el tratamiento farmacológico.

ABSTRACT

This study exposes a controlled trial of social intervention in families of schizophrenic patients with a high risk of relapsing. Patients were selected because they had much contact with relatives with a high level of expressed emotion. All patients maintained their treatments with neuroleptics. Half of the 24 families were ramdomly asignated to a rutine external check-up and the other had a social intervention package, consisted of an educational program on schizophrenia, a family group and family sessions for relatives and patients. The relapse rate in the control group was 50% compared to 9% of the experimental group (P=0,04). The objectives of the interventions were achieved in 73% of the experimental families, which had no relapsing patients. Results highlight the causal role played by the expressed emotions of relatives in the schizophrenic patients' relapse, as well as the therapeutical effectiveness of the social intervention combined with the pharmacological treatment.

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