Assessing a WeChat-Based Integrative Family Intervention (WIFI) for Schizophrenia: Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial
Yu Y, Li T, Xi S, Li Y, Xiao X, Yang M, Ge X, Xiao S, Tebes J. Assessing a WeChat-Based Integrative Family Intervention (WIFI) for Schizophrenia: Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial. JMIR Research Protocols 2020, 9: e18538. PMID: 32687478, PMCID: PMC7479588, DOI: 10.2196/18538.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchINTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIERFamily caregiversHealth care utilization costsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioStepped-wedge clusterFamily interventionsCost-effectiveness ratioQuality of lifeBaseline data collectionImmersion-crystallization processInstitutional review boardCost-effectiveness analysisSupportive careCaregiver burdenIntervention periodMHealth interventionsPsychiatric hospitalMental illnessReview boardSocietal perspectiveSchizophreniaIntervention costsPsychological distressTreatment effectsInterventionTest of the stress process model of family caregivers of people living with schizophrenia in China
Yu Y, Liu ZW, Li TX, Li YL, Xiao SY, Tebes JK. Test of the stress process model of family caregivers of people living with schizophrenia in China. Social Science & Medicine 2020, 259: 113113. PMID: 32646627, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily caregiversStress process modelDepressive symptomsCaregiver burdenSpouse caregiversGlobal functioningPrimary family caregiversPearlin's stress process modelGlobal functioning scoresCommunity-based servicesParent depressive symptomsCaregiver depressionFamily functioningFunctioning scoresCaregivers' feelingsCommunity-based systemCaregiversSymptomsEmotional distressBurdenSchizophreniaStress processPresent studyMediatorsFirst study