Caregiver burden in patients with schizophrenia
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Date
2014-01
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Indian Psychiatric Society
Abstract
Background: Caregivers of patients with schizophrenia are subjected to a lot of burden due the stigma in the society, lack of support from the government
and society, which leads to a lot of financial psychological and social burden on the caregivers.
Aims: To study the burden of care on caregivers of patients with schizophrenia and various factors affecting the burden.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study on schizophrenia patients and their caregivers. Caregiver burden was assessed by Interview Schedule (Pai and
Kapur, 1981).
Results: The burden of care was high in both subjective and objective scales and factors like female sex middle age and severity of illness had effect on
extent of burden.
Conclusion: The various risk factors for burden must be identified and measures must be taken in terms of support to the caregivers who are at risk to face
more burden.
Key message: Often the physician treating patients with schizophrenia ignore the burden faced by the family members. This has a huge impact on the
family and thus indirectly on the patient
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Keywords
Schizophrenia, Caregiver, Burden
Citation
Ponangi Chytanya D, Thatisetti Pavan Kumar V, Dronanmraju Phani B. Caregiver burden in patients with schizophrenia. Andhra Pradesh Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2016 Jan-Jun; 15(1): 117-121