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[A group intervention for spouses of patients with depression - is it effective?]
Georg Schomerus1, Dirk Heider, Bettina Wittmund
1Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Universität Leipzig.
Objective:
Spouses of patients with depression have an elevated risk to develop an affective disorder themselves. We evaluate whether a group intervention program for spouses of patients with depression does improve participants' depressive and anxiety symptoms.
Methods:
66 spouses participated in a six months intervention with 12 group sessions. 50 nonparticipants were included as a control group. We measured depressive and anxiety symptoms with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) at the beginning and the end as well as 3 and 9 months after the intervention.
Results:
The intervention did not cause any improvement with regard to BDI and BAI scores. Scores in the BDI and BAI were normal in most participants before the intervention. Regardless, satisfaction with the program among participants was very high.
Conclusion:
The influence of the intervention concept on the wanting participation of more severely affected spouses is discussed and adaptations of the program are proposed.
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