Abstract
BackgroundThe challenges of living with and taking care of a patient with schizophrenia can lead to positive changes depending on the experiences and reactions of family caregivers. Such changes may directly affect the family performance and the patient’s recovery stage. Present study aimed to explain the positive experiences reported by family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia.MethodsThe present study is a qualitative study of content analysis. Data were collected using semi-structured and in-depth interviews with 15 family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia referring to one of the psychiatric hospitals in Zahedan, Southeast part of Iran. Purposive sampling method was applied and data analysis was conducted using conventional content analysis proposed by Graneheim and Lundman.ResultsData analysis created a theme entitled “family achievements in struggling with schizophrenia”. This theme included four categories including Developing positive personality traits in family members, Strengthening family ties, developing insight into the life, and social mobility.ConclusionsThe results provided insights that the experience of taking care of patients with schizophrenia led to positive consequences for family caregivers. Thus, it is recommended that psychiatrists or consultants help families rely on positive experiences and share these experiences with families with a newly-suffered patient.
Highlights
The challenges of living with and taking care of a patient with schizophrenia can lead to positive changes depending on the experiences and reactions of family caregivers
A total of 15 interviews were conducted with the family caregivers of schizophrenic patients about the positive consequences of schizophrenia for the family
According to the results, family caregivers of the patients with schizophrenia experienced positive consequences of taking care of the patient, which are a result of their struggle with this disease
Summary
The challenges of living with and taking care of a patient with schizophrenia can lead to positive changes depending on the experiences and reactions of family caregivers. Such changes may directly affect the family performance and the patient’s recovery stage. High therapeutic and non-therapeutic costs are imposed on the family and community, such as losing a job due to illness or taking care of the loved ones [3, 4]. This disease is ranked eleventh among 301. Pickett et al reported that positive assessments of parents’ relationship with the sick child were significantly associated with reduced caregiver burden [15]
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