Multiple Family Intervention is offered to the patient's family as booster sessions of structured family education intervention and multiple family group intervention [ 36 ] similar to what is offered during the first two years.
SEI provided at three sites within the McGill network of SEI services, using a model of treatment comprised of: modified assertive case management; psycho education for families; multiple family intervention; cognitive behavioural therapy; and substance abuse treatment and monitoring.
Study participants were randomised to multiple-family intervention (MUFI) or single-family intervention (SIFI) in a parallel design.
In this trial we compare the multiple-family intervention (MUFI) with a more conventional model of healthcare for individual families.
A small between-group effect in BMI SD score and waist circumference favouring multiple-family intervention was detected.
BMI increased by 1.29 kg/m in the multiple-family intervention compared with 2.02 kg/m in the single-family intervention (p=0.075).
Children allocated to multiple-family intervention had a significant decrease in waist circumference compared to the children allocated to single-family intervention.
Multiple-family intervention comprised an inpatient programme with other families and a multidisciplinary team, follow-up visits in their hometown, weekly physical activity and a family camp.
Two-year outcome of a comprehensive multiple-family intervention did not show any advantageous effects in BMI change compared with a more conventional single-family approach.
In the first, the study mapped multiple dimensions from Greenhalgh's framework [ 8] as part of a diagnostic analysis to identify barriers to the use of family interventions for service-users with schizophrenia.
