Effectiveness of social skill program for social performance among schizophrenia patients selected tertiary care Hospital, Coimbatore. India
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Problem considered Social skills training helps improve interpersonal relationship in schizophrenia patients. However, there is a lacuna of studies in India reporting the efficacy of such training. Hence, we assessed the effectiveness of social skills program (SSP) among schizophrenia patients using Vellore assessment of social performance (VASP) scale and evaluated the association of social performance pre- and post-test with demographic variables. Methods This study was conducted on 40 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia admitted to in-patient psychiatric ward of a tertiary care hospital in south India. They were assigned to two groups of 20 each, where one underwent SSP intervention for 7 days, and the other routine care. Results In the routine care group, majority of the patients had poor skills both pre-test (70%), and post-test (40%, p = 0.083), but in the interventional group, majority of the patients exhibited poor skills (60%) pre-test and post SSP majority of them scored significantly higher (85%, p = 0.022) VASP scores. Mean scores were significantly different with age (F = 4.130, p = 0.01) in intervention and with duration of illness (F = 3.748, p = 0.045) in routine care groups. Conclusion SSP effectively improved social performance among schizophrenia in-patients, and can be implemented as part of routine care therapy for the holistic treatment of these patients.
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe interventions that achieved significant improvements in social functioning in SST shared key features: structured; interactive methods; guided by trained therapists/mobile apps; integrating cognitive-behavioural problem-solving and coping strategies; group settings.
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- Authors
- Baskaran, M., Raghuthaman, G., & Jayasudha, A.
- Affiliations
- PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Baskaran, M.
- Raghuthaman, G.
- Jayasudha, A.
- Venue
- Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023-09
- Volume
- 23
- Pages
- 101381
- ISSN
- 2213-3984 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4385709120
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1
- FWCI
- 0.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Social Sciences › Education › Social Skills and Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Keywords
- social skills training, schizophrenia, social performance, interpersonal relationships, psychiatric inpatient care, disease duration, age effects, psychiatric rehabilitation
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