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Educational Needs of Schizophrenic Patients' Families



Omranifard V1 ; Kheirabadi G2 ; Mehrabi T3
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Source: Journal of Isfahan Medical School Published:2011

Abstract

Background: The aim of this research was to determine the needs of Schizophrenic patients' families, based on their caring experience. Methods: This was a phenomenological qualitative research whose participants were the main care-givers of schizophrenic patients (parents, spouses or children).Data were collected by the face to face and in depth interviews up to the data saturation stage. To confirm the yielded concepts, the researcher referred the findings to the participants again to avoid any kind of biases.The data were saturated by 36 interviews. Collected data were analyzed by Collaizzi's seven stage method. Finding: Our findings demonstrated three main concepts as caregivers' educational needs: social role acceptance, reaction to tension and getting access to unknown aspects of the disorder.
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