Journal of International Psychiatry

Abstract: Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of positive intervention on family burden and family members’ psychological fluctuation of first-episode schizophrenia. Methods: 60 cases of first-episode schizophrenic family members admitted in this hospital were selected as the research objects from July 2014 to July 2017. The patients were randomly divided into the experimental group and control group, with 30 cases in each group. The family backgrounds of patients in the two groups were investigated. Meanwhile, the patients’ FBS scores after intervention and Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) of patient members as well as patients’ Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) reducing rates before and after positive intervention were compared between the two groups. Results: The general conditions of patients showed no statistically significant difference between the two groups (P>0.05); After the nursing intervention, the FBS score of the experimental group was significantly lower than that of the control group (P≤0.05); Before the nursing intervention, the HAMD and SAS scores of family members showed no statistically significant difference between the two groups (P>0.05). After the nursing intervention, the HAMD and SAS scores of family members in the experimental group were significantly lower than those of the control group (P≤0.01) and the BPRS reducing rate was significantly higher than that of the control group (P≤0.01). Conclusion: The first-episode schizophrenic patients’ family member born greater burden on the family. The positive intervention could effectively reduce the family members’ HAMD and SAS scores. Meanwhile, it would increase the BPRS reducing rate of patients and improve patients’ psychological state, it should be widely applied and promotion.

Keywords: positive intervention; first-episode schizophrenia;