Burden on relatives of people with psychic disorder: levels and associated factors

Abstract

Background: Studies have shown that overburden with care of psychotic patients is associated with a significant reduction of quality of life and causes harm to the caregiver's health. Objective: In order to compare factors associated with levels of burden of caregivers with the psychopathology of the patient, we conducted a cross-sectional study with 435 primary caregivers of patients of Centers for Psychosocial Care (CAPS) from Pelotas, RS. Methods: The patients were identified through medical records and their caregivers were interviewed in their homes. To evaluate the burden we used Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI). Results: Caregivers of dependent users of alcohol and drugs had the highest average of burden, 52.2 points (sd = 20.4), followed by the caregivers of patients with suicide risk, 48.5 points (sd = 0.7). In adjusted analysis, women had 8.2 (95% CI: 4.6, 11.8) points higher on average than men in ZBI scale. Caregivers with less education had 1.6 (95% CI:-3.1,-1.0) points lower on average of burden compared to those with higher educational level. Caregivers with some health problem had 6.7 (95% CI: 3.3, 10.0) points higher in the middle of the ZBI when compared to those without disease. Discussion: Several factors overload clearly indicate the need to develop interventions such as psychoeducation which may give some support to the family responsible for care.

Factors associated with the burden of family caregivers of patients with mental disorders: a cross-sectional study

“…The sample size calculation considered the total number of visits per month ( n = 485) to CAPS during the data-collection period (Jataí: 202 [41.6%]; Mineiros: 95 [19.6%], and Rio Verde: 188 [38.8%]). Considering a significant level of 95.0% (α = 0.05), margin of error of 2%, and a standard deviation (SD) of 17.1 of caregiver overload using the ZBI score found in a previous study in the southern region of Brazil [ 21 ], the number of participants estimated was 281. The sample size was proportionally distributed among the three sites: Jataí ( n = 117), Mineiros ( n = 56), and Rio Verde ( n = 108).…”

Minor psychiatric disorders and their associations in family caregivers of people with mental disorders

“…In previous studies, when working with the burden of family caregivers in mental health, other authors 10,23 pointed to the need of developing interventions within the community mental health services, in order to give support to these subjects. In this sense, the results of this study corroborate this view by indicating that individ-uals who reported receiving CAPS support at the moment of burden showed lower prevalence and were less likely to develop minor psychiatric disorders than those who did not receive such help.…”

Life Satisfaction and Care Burden of Caregivers Who Provide Care at Home to Elderly Patients and the Inflfluencing Factors

“…Tabeleao et al found that care burden decreased as education level increased. 21 Loureiro et al and Salama et al also found that those with a lower level of education experienced more care burden, with the difference between groups being statistically significant. 22,23 Our results showed that life satisfaction of caregivers who had not graduated from primary school was lower, and the difference between the groups was statistically significant.…”