Therapeutic Efficacy of Family Psycho-Education in Reducing Syndrome Severity among Schizophrenic Patients in Neuro-Psychiatric Specialist Hospital, Ondo State

Ayeni, Bamidele Abiodun,, Adebusola Raphael Ayeni, Oluwaseun O Abiodun and Ayodeji E Ahmed
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Ayeni, Bamidele Abiodun,: College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Achievers University, Owo, Nigeria
Adebusola Raphael Ayeni: College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Achievers University, Owo, Nigeria
Oluwaseun O Abiodun: College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Achievers University, Owo, Nigeria
Ayodeji E Ahmed: College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Achievers University, Owo, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, 2020, vol. 7, issue 10, 39-44

Abstract: The study examined therapeutic efficacy of family psycho-education in reducing syndrome severity among schizophrenic patients at the Neuro-Psychiatric Specialist Hospital, Akure, Ondo-State, South-Western part of Nigeria. Twenty respondents participated in the study. They were divided into two groups; experimental and control groups using simple random sampling technique. Group A belong to experimental group and; consisted of ten schizophrenic respondents, while Group B consisted of ten schizophrenic respondents and were classified as control group. The experimental group was exposed to family psycho-education (FPE) and drug therapy, while, the control group was exposed to drug therapy only. The study design is field experiment. The instrument used for the collection of data was Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale while, between subject Independent t-test statistics was used for statistical analysis using SPSS version 16.0. Findings revealed a significant difference in syndrome severity between the experimental and control groups after therapeutic intervention t (18) = -2.390, p

Date: 2020
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