NCT07327944

Relapse Management Group Psychoeducation Program

Effects of Relapse Management Group Psychoeducation Program Applied to Schizophrenia Patients on Relapse Management and Functional Recovery

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ankara Etlik City Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was planned to be conducted between February and March 2026, with a total of 60 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia who met the inclusion criteria and were followed at the community mental health center in the Psychiatry Building of Ankara Etlik City Hospital. 30 patients were in the experimental group and 30 were in the control group.

Detailed description

Schizophrenia patients in the experimental and control group will complete the Data Collection Form before (pretest) and immediately after (posttest) the relapse management group psychoeducation program. The researchers will implement the relapse management group psychoeducation program with schizophrenia patients being followed at the community mental health center between February and March 2026. The program will include a total of four 60 minute group psychoeducation sessions. The program will cover the symptoms of schizophrenia, the definition of functioning in schizophrenia, the relationship between relapse and functioning in schizophrenia, how to manage relapse in schizophrenia, and potential interventions. The pretest will be administered before the program, and the posttest will be administered four weeks after the sessions. Schizophrenia patients in the control group will not receive the relapse management group psychoeducation program and will continue their daily care at the center. Schizophrenia patients in the control group will complete a Data Collection Form at the same time (pretest, posttest) as the experimental group.

Conditions

• Relapse Management

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Relapse Management Group Psychoeducation Program	Schizophrenia patients in the experimental group will complete the Data Collection Form before (pre-test) and immediately after (post-test) the relapse management group psychoeducation program. The researchers will implement the relapse management group psychoeducation program with schizophrenia patients being followed at the community mental health center between February and March 2026. The program will include a total of four 60 minute group psychoeducation sessions. The program will cover the symptoms of schizophrenia, the definition of functioning in schizophrenia, relapse in schizophrenia, the relationship between relapse and functioning, how to manage relapse in schizophrenia, and potential interventions. The pre-test will be administered before the program, the post-test will be administered after the sessions, and the follow up-test will be administered four weeks after the sessions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-02-01
• Primary completion: 2026-02-28
• Completion: 2026-03-31
• First posted: 2026-01-08
• Last updated: 2026-01-08