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Impact of Personalized In‐Home Nursing Care Plans on Dependence in ADLs/IADLs and on Family Burden Among Adults Diagnosed With Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Study
Author(s) -
RoldánMerino Juan,
García Irma Casas,
RamosPichardo Juan Diego,
FoixSanjuan Alexandrina,
QuilezJover Jordi,
MontserratMartinez Manel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2012.00347.x
Subject(s) - nursing care plan , medicine , intervention (counseling) , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , activities of daily living , multivariate analysis , randomized controlled trial , nursing , mental health , gerontology , family medicine , nursing care , psychiatry , surgery
PURPOSE: The study aims to assess the impact of personalized in‐home nursing care plans on the degree of dependence among adult patients with schizophrenia, and on family burden. DESIGN AND METHODS: This is a randomized controlled study with 94 participants: The experimental group received a personalized in‐home nursing care plan. The comparison group got a standard care at its mental health center. FINDINGS: The pretest–posttest multivariate analysis of covariance revealed statistically significant group differences ( p = .003). The help received the positive activity and the degree of independence in the experimental group improved mainly due to intervention. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: A personalized in‐home nursing care plan improves the degree of independence of people diagnosed with schizophrenia living in the community and reduces the burden perceived by the family.