NCT07017881

The Effectiveness of Psychosocial Skills Training Applied to Individuals Diagnosed With Schizophrenia

The Effect of Psychosocial Skills Training Applied to Individuals Diagnosed With Schizophrenia on Subjective Recovery, Self-Esteem and Quality of Life Levels

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: Neslihan Lok · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of Psychosocial Skills Training on subjective recovery, self-esteem and quality of life levels of schizophrenia patients. The research is a randomized controlled trial. The research was conducted with 48 schizophrenia patients (Experimental: 24, Control: 24) registered in the Mental Health and Diseases Outpatient Clinic of a hospital. Personal Information Form, Subjective Recovery Assessment Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Quality of Life Scale for Schizophrenia Patients were used to collect data. Data were collected by the researcher using the self-reporting face-to-face interview method in the form of pre-test and post-test. Psychosocial Skills Training was applied to the patients in the experimental group, one session per week, two days a week for 11 weeks, while the patients in the control group did not receive any intervention.

Conditions

• Schizophenia Disorder
• Psychiatric Nursing
• Psychosocial Skills Training

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Psychosocial Skills Training	The 24-person intervention group was divided into three separate groups of 8 people (Group 1, Group 2, Group 3). Group 1 and Group 2 attended sessions on Tuesdays at different times, while Group 3 attended sessions on Thursdays. Psychosocial Skills Training consisted of eleven sessions in total, one session per week. Sessions lasted an average of 60 minutes for each group. In each session, 5-10 minute breaks were given for rest and eating and drinking, considering the attention span and fatigue of the patients. Psychosocial Skills Training was applied two days a week (Group 1-2: Tuesday, Group 3: Thursday) in order to ensure that the patients could get more benefit from the application.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-08-05
• Primary completion: 2024-08-09
• Completion: 2024-10-18
• First posted: 2025-06-12
• Last updated: 2025-06-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)