Mental health status and perceived burden in caregiving spouses of persons with psychotic illness (A study from India)

Stanley, Selwyn; Bhuvaneswari, G.; Bhakyalakshmi, S.

doi:10.1080/15332985.2015.1064508

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“…The adverse consequence of caregiving on the mental health status of caregivers has been evidenced by several other studies (Gater et al, 2014;Gupta et al, 2015;Mitsonis et al, 2012;Stanley et al, 2016;Suro & De Mamani, 2013). High scores obtained for depression, anxiety and stress in this study are indicative of heightened psychological distress in caregivers.…”

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“…The close knit family structure and lack of adequate State resources to support people with mental illness place the onus of care on the family which is perceived to be the ''natural'' caregiver. Sociocultural expectations see the caregiving function as typically being discharged by either parents, children or the spouse and as an obligation that has morally binding undertones (Stanley et al, 2016). Religious-cultural attributions often causally implicate supernatural factors in the manifestation of mental illness.…”

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Psychological distress, perceived burden and quality of life in caregivers of persons with schizophrenia

Stanley

Balakrishnan

Ilangovan

2017

Journal of Mental Health

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Psychological distress, perceived burden and quality of life in caregivers of persons with schizophrenia

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Balakrishnan

Ilangovan

2017

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“…7 In India overall care giver burden for spouse was 54%, majority had experienced severe to extremely severe burden. 8 In Nepal, married caregiver felt higher burden than unmarried. 9 This study aims to assess the burden among spouses of psychiatric patients, the domains and factors associated with the burden.…”

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Care giver burden among spouse of psychiatric patients attending psychiatry outpatient department of a teaching hospital

Basukala

2019

J Patan Acad Health Sci

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Introductions: Caregiver burden in mental illness is a global issue. Burden is more significant and high among spouse than other caregivers. Spouse face illness-specific burdens of feeling powerlessness, fear, marital stress and partnership and family roles. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in outpatient department of psychiatry in Patan hospital, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal, from 26th August to 23rd September, 2018. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used. Data was collected from spouses of psychiatric patients by face-to-face interview using Burden Assessment Schedule (BAS) to assess the caregiver burden of spouses of psychiatric patients. Results: Out of 160 spouses interviewed, 94 (59%) had severe burden, 13 (9%) very severe, and 53 (34%) moderate. Burden was significantly associated with respondents’ relation to patient, educational status, income and diagnosis. The respondent’s age, occupation, duration of caring, and place of residence had no significant association with burden. Conclusions: More than half of the spouses of psychiatric patients had severe care giver burden.

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“…Objective burden is associated with the patient's symptoms, behaviour, and factors such as changes in household routine, family or social relations, work, leisure time, and physical health, while subjective burden is the adverse impact on the mental health and subjective distress experienced by family members (Reine, Lancon, Simeoni, Duplan, & Auquier, 2003). Studies from India have shown that caregivers of persons with severe mental illness show symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress (Stanley, Mettilda, & Bhakyalakshmi, 2015;Janardhana, Raghunandan, Naidu, Saraswathi, & Seshan, 2015).…”

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Correlates of caregiving burden in schizophrenia:A cross-sectional, comparative analysis from India

Stanley

Balakrishnan

Ilangovan

2016

Social Work in Mental Health

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Schizophrenia is a global mental health issue that has serious\ud implications not only for the person with the diagnosis, but for\ud caregivers as well. In Asian societies, the family tends to be the\ud “natural” caregiver in such situations and the caregiving function\ud is usually shouldered by parents or the spouse. Asian\ud communities tend to be more closely knit, and it would be\ud expected that more social support would be available to those\ud facing distressing circumstances such as managing the\ud demands of a person with mental illness. This study seeks to\ud explore the perceived burden in family caregivers of persons\ud diagnosed with schizophrenia, the coping strategies that come\ud into play, as well as the extent of social support available to\ud them. Standardized instruments were administered to collect\ud data at a teaching cum treatment facility in south India. A\ud quantitative methodology was used to analyze cross-sectional\ud data from 75 primary caregivers of people with a diagnosis of\ud schizophrenia and a reference group of caregivers of patients\ud with general medical ailments. Results indicate high levels of\ud burden, low social support, and poor coping in the caregivers\ud of people with schizophrenia than the reference group.\ud Implications for intervention with caregivers are also discussed\ud in this article

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Mental health status and perceived burden in caregiving spouses of persons with psychotic illness (A study from India)

Cited by 15 publications

References 30 publications

Psychological distress, perceived burden and quality of life in caregivers of persons with schizophrenia

Psychological distress, perceived burden and quality of life in caregivers of persons with schizophrenia

Care giver burden among spouse of psychiatric patients attending psychiatry outpatient department of a teaching hospital

Correlates of caregiving burden in schizophrenia:A cross-sectional, comparative analysis from India

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