Psychoeducational therapy with families of paranoid schizophrenia patients

Aim: The study aimed to measure the effectiveness of psychoeducational therapy on the burden of families of paranoid schizophrenia patients. Methods: An experimental research design was used in this study with an equivalent control group using 84 random allocation samples at a mental hospital in Semarang. The study instrument was the Indonesian version of the care burden scale (CBS). The Mann---Whitney test was used for the data analysis. Results: The findings obtained show the effectiveness of psychoeducational therapy on family burden in the experimental group as opposed to standard therapy in the control group (before: Z = −1.27; p = .092, and after: Z = −3.47; p = .002). Conclusion: We conclude that family psychoeducational therapy, as given to the experiment group, can decrease the family burden for the family of a paranoid schizophrenia patient. The application of family psychoeducational therapy can serve as guidance for the psychiatric nurse in reducing the family burden in the care of patients with paranoid schizophrenia.