The research aims to promote human rights of people with psychosocial disabilities. The design will be a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with two groups. The intervention will consist of participation in an online training, with a central focus on the human rights of people with psychosocial disabilities. The measured outcomes will be knowledge of human rights, caregivers' attitudes towards people with psychosocial disabilities as rights holders, caregiver burden, depressive symptoms, and quality of life.
people aged 18 or over;
caregivers of people with psychosocial disabilities relating to local mental health services;
italian speaking people
individuals under 18 years of age;
people who have already participated in the WHO QualityRights online course.
Parallel
WHO QualityRights e-training
Other interventionWHO QualityRights training provides the necessary skills to support people with psychosocial disabilities in advocating for their rights. The QualityRights online course includes six main modules: 1) Human Rights; 2) Human rights, mental health and disability; 3) Legal capacity and the right to decide; 4) Stop coercion, violence and mistreatment; 5) Quality services and inclusion in the community; 6) Mental health, well-being and recovery and it will take approximately 8 hours for completion. QualityRights course modules can be completed at each participant's pace and needs. The training is considered concluded once the quizzes provided at the end of each of the six modules have been successfully completed and upon completion of the course it will be possible to download your official WHO certificate from the QR platform.
Emotional intelligence e-training
Other interventionThis course offers caregivers resources and knowledge so that they are able to manage their emotions and gain quality in the care they provide to others and in their own lives. The course duration is similar to that of the QualityRights online course and is intended for caregivers of people with disabilities and others interested
Improving the knowledge about human rights and the attitudes of caregivers towards people with psychosocial disabilities
To evaluate it will be used: the World Health Organization's Knowledge about the Rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities questionnaire (16 items). It was developed by World Health Organization (WHO) to assess knowledge about the rights included in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), and The World Health Organization's questionnaire on the attitudes towards people with psychosocial disabilities as rights-holders (17 items). It was developed by WHO and includes three sub-scales: attitudes towards institutionalization and living independently in the community; attitudes toward mandatory treatment and coercion; attitudes toward people with psychosocial disabilities as decision-makers.
Change from Baseline to post intervention and to follow-ups of The Short Form Health Survey (Quality of life)
To evaluate it will be used: The Short Form Health Survey (SF-12), a brief version of SF-36 questionnaire, made up of twelve questions, values range from 12 to 47, includes the following dimensions: physical activity, disturbance in physical health, physical condition, self-assessment of health status, vitality, social activity and mental health assessed on a monthly basis . Higher scores recorded a greeting and better Quality of life
Change from Baseline to post intervention and to follow-ups of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (Depressive symptoms)
To evaluate it will be used: Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) a short self-administered tool, values range from 0 to 27, used for screening, diagnosis, monitoring and measuring the severity of depression. It's composed of 9 items that correspond to the symptoms of major depression according to Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV) on last two weeks. Higher scores identify a greater presence of depressive symptoms.
Change from Baseline to post intervention and to follow-ups of Zarit Burden interview
To evaluate it will be used: The Zarit Burden interview, a questionnaire for assessing the consequences that the care burden of a family member with chronic disabilities has on the caregiver. It is a self-assessment tool made up of 22 items with responses rated on a 5-point Likert scale: from 0 (never) to 4 (almost always) based on the degree of agreement with the individual items. The items investigate how the patient's disability impacts the caregiver's quality of life, psychological suffering, sense of guilt, financial difficulties, shame and social and family difficulties.
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