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| Published: July 20, 2017

Family Burden and Coping among Caregivers of Schizophrenia

S. Geetha

Ph.D Research Scholar, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. M. V. Sudhakaran

Associate Professor, Tamil Nadu Open University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.022/20170404

DOI: 10.25215/0404.022

ABSTRACT

Schizophrenia is a strict mental disorder affecting about human population. Being chronic and often incapacitating, it extracts tremendous cost from patients, caregivers and society. Caregivers of patients with schizophrenia face stress and emotional hardship and are frequently forced to assume lifelong care-taking roles. Subjective burden refers to the caregivers’ short term and long term reactions to the patient’s symptoms and behaviors, and the care giving task resulting from it. Perceived distress and interpersonal strain are examples. It refers to the extent to which the care giver feels he or she is burdened. This study aims to conducted for analysis the burden and coping among caregivers of schizophrenia. This study conducted with 30 Schizophrenic patients and 30 primary caretakers of the patients, totally 60 samples were studied. The result shows that there is association between burden assessment schedules of caregiver with that of caregivers coping scale. It revealed statistical significance. Low coping score seen in caregiver who had high burden score. Lower burden score seen in caregivers who had high coping level.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.022/20170404

10.25215/0404.022

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Published in   Volume 04, Issue 4, July-September, 2017