Development & Evaluation of an Online Psychoeducational Intervention for Siblings of People with First Episode Psychosis Jacqueline Sin Berkshire Healthcare.

Development & Evaluation of an Online Psychoeducational Intervention for Siblings

of People with First Episode Psychosis

Jacqueline SinBerkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

& King’s College London

“First episode psychosis is a major life-changing event for the person experiencing it and their family.”

(Lester et al, 2005)

“... They’re so different, my sister is very

supportive but my brother is just so

uncomfortable around me that I don’t even

know what to say...”

(A brother with psychosis’s description of his siblings,

Sin et al, 2005)

“In early intervention for psychosis literature, siblings’ roles and

contribution to their brother or sister’s recovery is widely

recognised.”(Birchwood, 2003;

Jackson et al, 2004)

Siblings’ experiences

Service needs

Psychoeducation

Peer support

Sin et al (2008 & in press)

Aim & Objectives of Proposed Research

Aim:

To develop an online psychoeducational Intervention for siblings of individuals with first episode psychosis and to evaluate its feasibility, acceptability and efficacy

Objectives:

1.To develop an online multi-component psychoeducational intervention incorporating peer support

2.To optimise IT and e-learning technologies in its design and delivery

3.To evaluate the preliminary efficacy of the intervention

Collaborative PartnershipsRethink Siblings Project & King’s College London

Mixed-Methods Research Design using MRC Complex Interventions Framework

Development1. Development

Scoping & Systematic Reviews

Focus Groups

Expert Advisory Group

2. Feasibility / PilotingModelling intervention

Usability & Pilot Test

Exploratory trial

3. Evaluation

Post doctorial work

4. Implementation

Post doctoral work

Exploratory Trial with Factorial DesignRecruitment through

Rethink Siblings

Accepted - entering trial

Ineligible- delayed access

Informed consentScreen & Pretest (T1)

12 weeks Follow up (T3)

Qualitative interviews 20% of participants

Control N=30

Post-test (T2)

Psychoeducation N=30

Post-test (T2)

Psychoeducation + Peer Support

N=30Post-test (T2)

Peer SupportN=30

Post-test (T2)