Family psychoeducation for chronic major depression

• Project/Area Number: 24593499
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Community health/Gerontological nurisng
• Research Institution: Nagoya City University
• Principal Investigator: Katsuki Fujika 名古屋市立大学, 看護学部, 教授 (30361893)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 竹内 浩 名古屋市立大学, 大学院医学研究科, 講師 (20315881) ; 渡辺 範雄 京都大学, 医学研究科, 准教授 (20464563)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: うつ病 / 家族心理教育 / ＲＣＴ / グループセラピー / RCT

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We performed a randomized controlled trial to examine the effectiveness of multifamily psychoeducation in improving the mental status including depression of families of patients with chronic MDD. Forty nine participants were randomly allocated to one of the two groups either the multifamily psychoeducational intervention group or control group. The primary outcome was family members’ mental status including depression measured by k6 at 16 weeks after randomization.
With regard to primary outcome, there was no significant difference between intervention group and control group. But, in the secondary outcomes as an exploratory examinations, in the multifamily psychoeducational group, depressive symptoms of family members at 8 weeks were more improve than the control group. Moreover, some family functioning at several evaluation points were better than the control group.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Multifamily psychoeducation for major depressive disorder lasting more than one year: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2014)
  • Author(s): Katsui F, Takeuchi H, Watanabe N, Shiraishi N, Maeda T,Kubota Y, Suzuki M, Yamada A and Akechi A
  • Journal Title: Trials Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Pages: 320-320
  • DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-320
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] うつ病家族教室ミニレクチャー (2017)
  • Author(s): 香月富士日
  • Organizer: 日本心理教育家族教室ネットワーク第２０回研究集会
  • Place of Presentation: 朱鷺メッセ（新潟県・新潟市）
  • Year and Date: 2017-02-24
• [Presentation] うつ病家族心理教育の実践と効果 (2016)
  • Author(s): 香月富士日
  • Organizer: 第１３回日本うつ病学会総会
  • Place of Presentation: ウインクあいち（愛知県・名古屋市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-05