scholarly journals Caregiving Burden Among Family Members Of People With Mental Illness

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.R. Bhandari ◽  
K. Marahatta ◽  
M. Rana ◽  
S.P. Ojha ◽  
M.P. Regmi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Family Intervention ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Subjective Burden ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Caregiving Burden ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Significant Difference

Background: Presence of a person with mental disorder in family is often associated with some objective and subjective burden on family members, especially those who have a caregiving role. The present study aimed to assess the levels of caregiving burden among family members of people with mental illness.Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study in a sample of 56 family caregivers of people with mental illness. Sample was selected using purposive sampling method and their caregiving experience was assessed by using Burden Assessment Schedule.Result: Among the 56 caregivers, 48.2 % had moderate level of burden and 32.1% had severe level of burden. Highly significant difference was observed in the distribution of burden according to level of burden but no significant gender difference was found in the distribution of burden in total and in different domains of BAS. Highly significant burden was found among married and spouse caregivers.Conclusion: As moderate to severe level of caregiving burden was reported by the family caregivers, it is recommended that family intervention should focus on strengthening coping behaviors and social support system to manage caregiving stress.

Self-stigma, insight, and family burden among Israeli mothers of people with serious mental illness: Ethno-national considerations

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaara Zisman-Ilani ◽  
Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon ◽  
Itamar Levy-Frank ◽  
Rivka Tuval-Mashiach ◽  
David Roe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Family Burden ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
National Affiliation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

The current cross-sectional study investigated and compared the associations between insight, self-stigma, and family burden among Jewish and Arab mothers of an adult son or daughter with serious mental illness (SMI) in Israel. A total of 162 Israeli mothers of a person with SMI participated in the study; 95 were Jewish (58.6%), and 67 were Arab (41.4%). Insight, self-stigma, and family burden scales were administered. Jewish mothers reported higher levels of insight into their son’s or daughter’s illness and reported greater family burden compared to Arab mothers. No significant differences in self-stigma scores were found between Jewish and Arab mothers. The pattern of associations between insight, self-stigma, and burden differed between Jewish and Arab mothers. Self-stigma was found to mediate the relationship between insight and burden among Jewish mothers but not among Arab mothers. Ethno-national affiliation should be taken into consideration regarding how family members conceptualize and experience mental illness, as this might affect care.

scholarly journals A cross-sectional study on spouse and parent differences in caregiving experiences of people living with schizophrenia in rural China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Yu ◽  
Tong-xin Li ◽  
Yi-lu Li ◽  
Dan Qiu ◽  
Shi-jun Xi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Subjective Burden ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Spouse Caregivers ◽  
Parent Caregivers

Abstract Background: Conflicting evidence exists on whether parent or spouse caregivers experience better outcomes when caring for family members with schizophrenia. The current study aims to examine relative caregiving experiences and impacts of spouse and parent caregivers for people living with schizophrenia (PLS) in China.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 264 community-dwelling primary family caregivers of PLS. Face-to-face interviews were conducted to collect information on family caregiving activities; objective and subjective burden; caregiver psychological distress, such as depression and anxiety; positive caregiving impact, such as caregiving rewarding feelings; and family functioning for spouse and parent caregivers.Results: Both types of caregivers report engaging in similar caregiving activities and report comparable levels of objective burden. However, parent caregivers report significantly higher subjective burden than spouse caregivers (b=7.94, 95%CI:2.08, 13.80, P<0.01), which is also reflected in significantly higher depression (b =3.88, 95%CI:1.35, 6.41, P<0.01) and anxiety (b=2.53, 95%CI: 0.22, 4.84, P<0.05), and lower family functioning (b =-1.71, 95%CI: -2.73, -0.49, P<0.01). Despite these differences, both groups of caregivers report comparable rewarding feelings about caregiving. Conclusions: Our findings have implications for family caregivers globally, but especially for countries that adhere to Confucian cultural values and provide guidance for future family intervention programs. Such programs may do well to incorporate cultural values and beliefs in understanding caregiving and kinship family dynamics so as to support family caregivers, and in particular, the specific vulnerabilities of parent caregivers.

scholarly journals Clustering of minor psychiatric disorders and burden among family caregivers of individuals with mental illness

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 585-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Alberto dos Santos Treichel ◽  
Vanda Maria da Rosa Jardim ◽  
Luciane Prado Kantorski ◽  
Mariana Luchese Vasem ◽  
Aline dos Santos Neutzling
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Psychosocial Care ◽  
Information Criterion ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Self Reporting Questionnaire ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Minor Psychiatric Disorders

Abstract The objective of this cross-sectional study is to analyze the relationship between minor psychiatric disorders, burden and other associated factors among family caregivers of people with mental disorders. The study was conducted with 1164 relatives of users of the Centers for Psychosocial Care in southern Brazil, and for screening of minor psychiatric disorders, the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ20) scale was used, based on its Brazilian validation with an adopted cutoff point of 6/8. Even though previous studies have appointed the burden arising from care as protagonist in the presentation of minor psychiatric disorders, a clustering based on log-likelihood by Bayesian Information Criterion conducted in this study found that burden is not the only possible predictor for emotional/mental illness, suggesting that other factors permeate this relationship. Thus, bivariate analyzes were conducted, in which the influence of variables such as health problems, work issues, among others, can be observed in different groups arranged by the cluster.

scholarly journals Effect of clinical rotation on attitude of medical students towards psychiatry and mental patients: a cross-sectional study from Western Rajasthan

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 2981
Author(s):  
Aditi Agrawal ◽  
Sanjay Gehlot ◽  
Ashok Singhal ◽  
Amandeep .
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Impact

Background: People with mental illnesses experience extreme stigmatization and discrimination despite their ubiquitous presentation. Studies have reported that these negative stereotypes are shared by health care professionals too. Attitude of undergraduate medical students towards psychiatry is vital as it reflects their willingness to deal with psychiatric and behavioral disorders in general practice.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a government medical college in Rajasthan to explore the impact of sociodemographic variables and undergraduate psychiatry training on the attitude of medical students towards mental illness and psychiatry. 105 first year MBBS students and 75 interns participated in the study. Attitude towards mental illness (AMI) scale and attitude towards psychiatry-30 (ATP-30) scale were used to document AMI and ATP respectively. Data collected were analyzed using SPSS statistical software and appropriate tests were used to compare mean scores of both groups.Results: There was no statistically significant difference on AMI and ATP scores between the undergraduate medical students and interns. Females, students belonging to urban setting and more educated families had a favorable attitude towards psychiatric patients. A notable shift in scores on ATP scale towards positive side was reflected between male MBBS students and interns and among students coming from rural background with exposure to medical curriculum.Conclusions: No attitude change was observed in majority of participants indicating need for greater emphasis on mental health and psychiatry. 

Differences In The Attitudes Of Clinical And Pre-clinical Medical Students To Mental Illness

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S433-S433
Author(s):  
O. Adekunte ◽  
C. Oliver ◽  
B. Owen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Elective Period ◽  
Competing Interest

BackgroundThe quality of care provided to psychiatry patients by doctors can be influenced by attitudes towards mental illness. Equally important is the attitude of medical students as future treating doctors towards mental illness. This survey compares the differences in the attitudes of pre-clinical and clinical years student to mental illness.AimsTo compare attitudes of pre-clinical and clinical medical students’ to mental illness.MethodsA cross-sectional survey of 212 clinical students (CS) and pre-clinical students (PS) at Newcastle University. Each responded anonymously to an electronic questionnaire. The responses take the form of: Yes/No, free text, order of preference, and Likert scale. Results were analysed based on basic statistical analysis.ResultsLittle differences exist between the 2 groups in their beliefs that psychiatric patients are not difficult to like, mental illness can be a result of social adversity, psychiatry patients often recover and that people with mental illness should be offered a job with responsibility. However, 54% PS disagreed that mental illness often leads to violence, compared to 66% CS and 87% of PS identified that mental illness can be genetic in origin compared with CS of 91%.ConclusionThis survey did not identify any significant difference between the attitudes of pre-clinical and clinical students in most of the domains. However, a higher percentage of clinical students associate violence with mental illness and are unwilling to consider an elective period in psychiatry.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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