Abstract
Objectives:To compare depression and psychological well-being between caregivers of schizophrenic patients and non-caregivers and to study the burden of caregiving as a relative risk for depression and psychological well-being.Methods:This cross sectional comparative study was conducted at International Islamic university Islamabad from January to September 2017. Fifty informal caregivers of schizophrenic patients from 19 to 55 years of age were included in the study. The control group consisted of age and socio-economic status matched healthy volunteers who did not have any psychological or medical patient at home needing care and assistance. For measurement of study variables i.e., burden of caregiving, depression and psychological well-being, instruments used were Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI), The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) respectively.Results:Results were analyzed using MANOVA followed by One-Way ANOVA. Findings indicated that informal caregivers of schizophrenia have greater depression and poor psychological well-being in comparison to the non-caregiver controls. Association of caregiving burden with psychological well-being and depression was calculated using Chi Square test and relative risk.Conclusion:Caregiving adversely affects informal caregivers’ mental health and wellbeing. Informal caregiving is a burden for the caregivers; health status of family members involved in caregiving should be routinely assessed to enhance their health-related quality of life.
Highlights
According to the World Health Organization[1] approximately 24 million people between 15-20 years of age, experience schizophrenia, and overall, 450 million people worldwide are fighting with CorrespondenceJune 20, 2018 July 24, 2018 September 18, 2018 September 25, 2018 mental illnesses
A sample of 100 individuals, 50 informal caregivers of schizophrenic patients and 50 non-care giver controls were determined for the present study by keeping alpha value as 0.05 and power of test as 0.8, standard deviation as 9.0 and difference of the means as 5.0
Multivariate analysis of variance showed that effect of care giving was significant on psychological wellbeing and depression when considered jointly (Wilk Lambda = 0.53, F (2, 97) = 43.05, p =
Summary
June 20, 2018 July 24, 2018 September 18, 2018 September 25, 2018 mental illnesses. Most of such people are dependent on their families to take care of them and help them out in their daily activities of life. Caregivers are persons within the family of patient, who are responsible for looking after the patient’s health, daily activities and well-being. The World Health Organization[2] states that “the fulfillment of responsibility and physical, financial and emotional needs of an ill person carried out by a person that is not a part of any health care system is regarded as the caregiver’s burden who can be a family member or a close friend.”. The World Health Organization[2] states that “the fulfillment of responsibility and physical, financial and emotional needs of an ill person carried out by a person that is not a part of any health care system is regarded as the caregiver’s burden who can be a family member or a close friend.” Care giving burden is defined as a load of difficulties for the
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