Family in Crisis: Do Halfway Houses Perform Better Than Families with Expressed Emotion toward Patients with Schizophrenia? A Direct Adjusted Comparison.

ABSTRACT: Expressed emotion (EE) toward patients with schizophrenia is typically reported to be lower in psychiatric halfway houses than in families. This is the first study directly comparing EE between these settings and investigating the pathways mediating EE differences. We included 40 inpatients in halfway houses and 40 outpatients living with their families and recorded 22 psychiatric nurses' and 56 parents' EE, respectively, through Five Minutes Speech Samples. Each inpatient was rated by 2-5 nurses and each outpatient by 1-2 parents. As EE ratings had a multilevel structure, generalized linear mixed models were fitted, adjusting for patient-related confounders and caregiver demographics. Mediatory effects were investigated in multilevel structural equation models. Outpatients were younger, l

SUBMITTER: Ferentinos P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10855104 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature