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| Published: March 31, 2021
Impact of Caregiving on Burden among Caregivers of Psychotic Patients
Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Psychology, School of Psychology, Philosophy & Education, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
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Supervisor, Professor & Head of Department of Psychology, Director, School of Psychology, Philosophy & Education, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
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DIP: 18.01.194/20210901
DOI: 10.25215/0901.194
ABSTRACT
Aim the current study was aimed to find out the impact of caregiving on Burden among caregivers of psychotic patients. The total Sample consisted of 60 caregivers, equally distributed on types of psychotic patients (Schizophrenia and Depression) and type of duration of illness (Under 12 months and More than 12 months) selected purposive sampling technique from various hospital of Gujarat state. The studied Tool was Burden Assessment Schedule (BAS) developed by Thara, Padmavati, Kumar and Srinivasan was used for the data collection. Data was analyzed through Mean, S.D., ‘t’ – test. Result reveals that similar and no significant difference among schizophrenia and depression caregivers of psychotic patients regards to their burden. Significant difference among duration of illness under 12 months higher than more than 12 months caregivers regards to their burden.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2021, Solanki S. & Mathur K.
Received: February 22, 2021; Revision Received: March 27, 2021; Accepted: March 31, 2021
Mr. Suresh Solanki @ samyakpsy90@gmail.com
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.194/20210901
10.25215/0901.194
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 1, January-March, 2021