Cochrane · systematic review · CD010540
Psychoeducation for siblings of people with severe mental illness
Sin, J, Jordan, CD, Barley, EA, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library
SchizophreniaAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
7
current version
GRADE rated
7
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 7 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Psychoeducation compared with standard care for siblings of people with severe mental illness
Population: Siblings of people with severe mental illness
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Siblings' quality of life ‐ by 12 months (reversed FAD, high = good) Reversed FAD. Scale from: 4 to 28. Psychoeducation vs standard care | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 9 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Siblings' coping (in terms of burden) ‐ by 12 months (FBIS, high = poor) Psychoeducation vs standard care | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 9 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Leaving the study early for any reason ‐ by 12 months Psychoeducation vs standard care | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 9 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Service users' general mental state ‐ by 12 months (BPRS, high = poor) Psychoeducation vs standard care | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 9 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Service users' number of re‐hospitalisation to a psychiatric inpatient unit over six months ‐ by 12 months Psychoeducation vs standard care | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 9 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Service users' inpatient bed occupancy in terms of average days of hospital stay over 6 months ‐ by 12 months Psychoeducation vs standard care | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 9 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Service users' specific aspect of quality of life, i.e. social functioning ‐ by 12 months (SLOF, high = good) Scale from: 43 to 215. Psychoeducation vs standard care | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 9 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |