Abstract
This study aims to analyze the occurrence of minor psychiatric disorder and their associations in relatives of people with mental disorders. This is a cross-sectional study of 1164 relatives. For the tracking of minor psychiatric disorders the Self-Reporting Questionnaire Scale (SRQ20) was used, adopting 6/8 as cut-off point. Bivariate analyzes were conducted using Chi-squared test. Trends among strata of independent variables were investigated in relation to the outcome using nonparametric linear trend test. Statistic significance was defined as p-value < 0.05. Crude and adjusted binary logistic regressions were conducted using as a basis the hierarchical model developed through a systematic literature review. It was observed in the population a prevalence of 46.9% for minor psychiatric disorders. Higher prevalence of minor psychiatric disorders were strongly associated with the female gender, older age, first degree family ties, not having a paid work, lower education level, lower income, health problems, lower quality of life and feeling of burden. Many factors are related to the emotional and mental illness of family caregivers, demanding health services to be prepared to recognize and intervene in these situations.
Highlights
With the advent of psychiatric deinstitutionalization processes experienced in Brazil in recent decades, several changes with respect to the care of people with mental disorders have been tensioned
The population in the study consists of 1164 relatives of people with mental disorders, submitted to the application of a pre-structured form including variables about sociodemographic data, health, aspects related to the care, burden, quality of life, and for the tracking of minor psychiatric disorders, the Self-Reporting Questionnaire Scale (SRQ20) was used
Considering studies conducted in the general population and the results of this study, it is concluded that there is a higher prevalence of minor psychiatric disorders among family caregivers, suggesting that the population that needs attention
Summary
With the advent of psychiatric deinstitutionalization processes experienced in Brazil in recent decades, several changes with respect to the care of people with mental disorders have been tensioned. Care actions previously restricted to hospital are designed for the community, allowing the individual, previously segregated and excluded from social contact, to be reinserted in society[1]. With care actions designed to the community in which the individual is located, the way of perceiving the family, without doubt, is one of the major changes in this new scene. The family during the history of psychiatry was seen as an accomplice of the social isolation of the individual or even the cause of the illness, is seen as one of the protagonists of care[2]. The rescue of the family as part of the care process proves itself as a valuable strategy for caring community basis. Care is only possible when the means and resources available to care for the patient are considered, including the family[3,4]
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