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Family Involvement in The Treatment Of a Mentally Ill Relative

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified June 2008 by Lev-Hasharon Mental Healtlh Center.
Recruitment status was  Recruiting
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Lev-Hasharon Mental Healtlh Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00258167
First received: November 23, 2005
Last updated: June 10, 2008
Last verified: June 2008
History of Changes
  Purpose
  • Research demonstrates that the families of the seriously mentally ill are burdened by this caregiving role and by their responsibilities
  • Research also demonstrates that family interventions are effective and that they have a potential to reduce family burden, as well as to improve the condition of the mentally ill patients.
  • We assume that the sibling group intervention would be effective in reducing the family burden of the siblings, and that this reduction would be reflected in their replies to the "Experience of Caregiving Inventory".

Condition Intervention
Families of Mentally Ill
 Behavioral: filling the "Experience of Caregiving Inventory"

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Official Title: Family Involvement in The Treatment Of a Mentally Ill Relative

Further study details as provided by Lev-Hasharon Mental Healtlh Center:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Score on the "Experience of Caregiving Inventory" following 8 weeks of participation in the group. [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 50
Study Start Date: November 2005
Estimated Study Completion Date: November 2008
Estimated Primary Completion Date: November 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
    Behavioral: filling the "Experience of Caregiving Inventory"
    8 weeks of group therapy for family members
Detailed Description:
  • The group for siblings is an intervention which is carried out in the outpatient clinic of Lev HaSharon Mental Health Center in cycles which last eight weeks;
  • Every group cycle will include between 10-14 participants, all siblings of persons with mental illness. The patients themselves (ill siblings) are either hospitalized in Lev HaSharon Mental Health Center, or are outpatients in the Lev HaSharon Mental Health Outpatient Unit, or in the community at large.
  • The group is an ongoing group: short term intensive group intervention in a dynamic orientation. Veteran participants of each cycle are welcome to re-join at following cycles, and at the same time new participants can join at the beginning of each cycle.
  • Participants will be asked to fill the "Experience of Caregiving Inventory" twice: first time before the first meeting of a particular cycle of sibling group and second time: after the last (eighth) meeting of this group cycle.
  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • siblings of persons with mental illness

Exclusion Criteria:

  • persons junior then 18 years old
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00258167

Contacts
Contact: Igor Oyffe, MD 972-8981248 ioyffe@lev-hasharon.co.il

Locations
Israel
Lev-HasharonMHC Recruiting
Netanya, Israel, 42100
Contact: Igor Oyffe, MD     972-9-8981248     ioyffe@lev-hasharon.co.il    
Contact: Shuvit Melamed, MSW     +972-9-8981278     shuvitm@lev-hasharon.co.il    
Principal Investigator: Igor Oyffe, MD            
Sub-Investigator: Shuvit Melamed, MSW            
Sub-Investigator: Michal Ferkel, MSW            
Sponsors and Collaborators
Lev-Hasharon Mental Healtlh Center
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Igor Oyffe, MD Lev-Hasharon Mental Healtlh Center
  More Information

Publications:
Melamed, S. Permission: A conceptual tool for treating mentally ill patients and their families. Journal of Family Psychotherapy. 12 (2). Pp. 29-42, 2001.

Responsible Party: Dr. Igor Oyffe, Lev Hasharon Mental Health Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00258167     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: LH12/2005.CTIL
Study First Received: November 23, 2005
Last Updated: June 10, 2008
Health Authority: Israel: Israeli Health Ministry Pharmaceutical Administration

Keywords provided by Lev-Hasharon Mental Healtlh Center:
Family members
Illness burden
Mental Disorders
Family intervention

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 17, 2013