Using focus groups to design a psychoeducation program for patients with schizophrenia and their family members.
The purpose of this project was to determine what factors to be considered in planning a psychoeducation program to better meet the needs of patients with schizophrenia and their family members.


METHODS
Three focus group sessions were conducted and recorded, transcribed, and analyzed by members of the research team.


RESULTS
Patients hoped to grasp the fullest possible knowledge about schizophrenia, whereas the factors influencing the efficacy of the schizophrenia health education curriculum included: discrimination, non-understanding of family members, easy to forget, unreasonable timetable. Health education was mainly in the form of classroom teaching.


CONCLUSIONS
1. At present, there are a few psychiatric education courses in China; 2. Patients and their family members are eager to acquire knowledge about the contents of schizophrenia; 3. Misconceptions would hinder the rehabilitation of patients; 4. Worry about being discriminated; 5. There is a different knowledge demand between the patients and their family members.
School of Nursing Central South University 172 Tongzipo Road, Hunan, Changsha 410013, China.
Yan
Y
Song
School of Nursing Central South University 172 Tongzipo Road, Hunan, Changsha 410013, China.
Dan
D
Liu
School of Nursing Central South University 172 Tongzipo Road, Hunan, Changsha 410013, China.
Yuxiang
Y
Chen
School of Nursing Central South University 172 Tongzipo Road, Hunan, Changsha 410013, China.
Guoping
G
He
Focus group; program; psychoeducation; schizophrenia