Health Related Quality of Life in Family Caregivers of Patients Suffering from Mental Disorders
Introduction: In the light of the advances in treatment measures and early discharge of patients with mental disorders from psychiatric hospitals, families play important role in caring for such patients. Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the Quality of Life (QoL) of the family caregiv...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2016-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/8792/19671_CE[Ra1]_F(GH)_PF1(ROAK)_PFA(P)_PF2(PAG).pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction: In the light of the advances in treatment measures
and early discharge of patients with mental disorders from
psychiatric hospitals, families play important role in caring for
such patients.
Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the Quality of Life (QoL)
of the family caregivers of patients with mental disorders.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was
conducted in teaching health care centers affiliated with
medical universities in Tehran, Iran. Sampling was conducted
by convenience random technique. Participants were 238
family caregivers of mental disorder patients and the ShortForm Health Survey Questionnaire was used to gather data.
The data were analyzed by Spearman’s correlation, t-test and
ANOVA in SPSS 18.0.
Results: The women’s mean QoL was lower than the men’s.
Regarding family relationship with the patients, the lowest QoL
was observed among the mothers. There was a significant
relationship between the caregivers QoL and economic status,
the caregivers gender, family relationship with the patients and
the patients’ gender (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The caregivers of mental disorder patients have
lower QoL compared with general population. Appropriately
developed plans should be implemented to improve QoL among
the family caregivers of these patients. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |