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Table 3 Intervention Characteristics Table

From: Psychosocial family interventions for relatives of people living with psychotic disorders in the Arab world: systematic review

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Adaptation Model

Type of Intervention

Components of the Intervention

Model (Group/ Individual)

Setting

Intervention Attendees

No. of Session/Duration/

Frequency

Duration of Intervention

Delivery - Method

Therapist/ Training

Rami et al. (2018) [42]

BFT manual by (Mueser and Glynn, 1999). The educational component was adapted from the psychoeducational program by ElShafie and colleagues (2002).

Culturally sensitive Behavioral Family Psycho-Educational Program (BFPEP).

psycho-education + communication enhancement training + problem-solving skills training

Individual

Outpatient clinic

Caregivers and patients

14 one-hour sessions (weekly in the first 2 months, twice/month in the second 2 months, then every 3 weeks for the last 2 months)

Over 6 months

Individual family session in a bifocal format

Researchers/ no training reported

Hasan et al. (2014) [43]

Based on the framework of Atkinson and Coia [24]. it covers Bloom’s taxonomy of learning domains

Psycho-education by booklet

psycho-education + stress management strategies + problem-solving intervention

Individual

Community/ sent to patients’ home

Caregivers and patients

A psychoeducational

booklets each fortnight

12 weeks

Booklet

Not applicable

Soliman et al. (2018) [45]

Not reported

Psycho-education

Mainly psycho-education

Individual

Outpatient during follow-up

Caregivers and patients

6 (one sessions/month)/ duration not reported

6 months

Psycho-education sessions during follow-up sessions

Psychiatrists

(El-Shafei et al., 2008) [46]

Not reported

psycho-education

Psycho-education + counselling sessions

Individual

Outpatient

Caregivers and patients

Not reported

Not reported

Brief education + counselling sessions

Researchers

Ahmed E & Ghaith H (2018) [44]

No adaptation

psycho-education

Psycho-education involving

Group

Outpatient

Caregivers

12

2 introductory and 10 interventional

2 months

Lecture, group discussion, question and answer methods, and demonstrations

Not reported