Correlation Between Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Burden Among Family Caregivers of Psychotic Patients

Abstract

A descriptive study using a convenience sample of family caregivers of psychotic patients recruiting from outpatient clinic and inpatients department in the Psychiatry and Neurology Hospital at Assiut University. They interviewed individually by using Socio-Demographic sheet and Burden Assessment Scale. More than forty percent of caregivers (41.9%) were in the age group, ranged from 45 to less than 60 years and 66.7 % of them were females. family caregivers had the highest mean score of time perspective burden (7.3±2.7) followed by financial problems (2.2±1.2) and personal distress (7.2±2.7). It can be concluded that, family caregivers of psychotic patients were highly suffering from burden related to time perspective and financial burden.

Keywords: burden, family caregivers, and psychotic patients.

DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/70-06

Publication date: January 31^st 2020