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No evidence has been found that indicates that pyschoeducation has
any effect on improving social functioning when measured at the end of
the programmes at 7 to 12 months’ follow-up (2 RCT; n = 112; p = 0.32) 107 .
There are no data that indicate that pyschoeducation achieves an improvement
in treatment adherence at the end of the programmes (2 studies;
n = 171; p = 0.31) 107 .
Pyschoeducation with incorporation of family vs. pyschoeducation without family vs. Standard
Treatment (ST)
SR (1++)
Only pyschoeducation that incorporates the family produces a significant
reduction in relapses or readmissions after 7-12 months’ follow-up (6 RCT;
n = 322; p = 0.32); this is not the case when pyschoeducation exclusively
focuses on the patient (2 RCT, n=101; p=0.30) 107 .
Parallel group pyschoeducation of users and family members
RCT (1+)
Of the 48 patients who remained in follow-up for 7 years, the group that
followed a parallel group pyschoeducational programme for users and for
family members had less rehospitalisations (54%) compared with the 88%
that existed in the control group (readmission ratio per patient of 1.5 and
2.9 respectively; p