<![CDATA[Introduction: Schizophrenia patients require lifelong care, which necessitates the family's ability to provide that care. Efforts to enhance the family's ability are carried out by giving psychoeducation to improve the skills of caring for schizophrenia patients. The problem with providing psychoeducation directly is that distance and time become obstacles; an effective, efficient, and easily accessible method can be achieved by utilizing information technology through online media. This scoping review aimed to identify the effectiveness of online psychoeducation in enhancing the ability of families to care for patients with schizophrenia. Methods: This scoping review used the PICO framework to develop article questions. (P: family of schizophrenia patients, I: psychoeducation, C: online and offline, and O: family's ability to care for schizophrenia patients). The databases were PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar. The selected articles were published in the last 5 years, from 2019 to 2024. The keywords were used "psychoeducation" AND "online" AND "family capacity" AND "schizophrenia". Results: The search results found 434 articles, only 14 of which met the criteria (one article from PubMed, one article from Science Direct, and 12 articles from Google Scholar). There were four online psychoeducation articles and ten direct psychoeducation articles. All articles were experimental studies. The search results found that online psychoeducation was more effective in improving the ability of families to care for schizophrenia patients. Offline psychoeducation has the disadvantage of making it more difficult to get families to attend all therapy sessions, so in general, online psychoeducation is better because it makes it easier for families to engage in the therapy process, allowing them to complete all sessions. Conclusions: Offline psychoeducation has the disadvantage of requiring family members to attend all therapy sessions, so in general, online psychoeducation is better.]]>
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