Effects of family nursing intervention on prognosis in schizophrenia

Objective To explore the effect of family nursing intervention on the prognosis of patients with schizophrenia. Methods 224 patients with schizophreniawere randomly divided into intervention group and control group avrragely. All the patients were given small dose of antipsychotic drugs.But the intervention group was cured by family intervention too. All patients were evaluated with the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale and the Social Disability Screening Schedule in 6 months, 1 year and 2 years.Compared the recurrence rates between the two groups in 0.5 y's, 1 y's and 2 y's following-up. Results At the end of the study, the patients in the intervention group showed milder illness severity, lower teratogenic and relapse rate in comparison with the control group. Conclusion The family nursing intervention is an effective and feasible rehabilitation of the patients with schizophrenia. Key words: schizophrenia;  Family intervention;  Relapse rate