Gouhar Ali.
Burden of Care and Psychological Distress among Care Givers of patients with Schizophrenia.
J Saidu Med Col Jan ;8(2):113-6.

Background: It has been observed throughout that people who accompany their family members visited for their treatment seemed to have psychological distress while looking after them. Focusing on this it was an immenseneed to assess parents/care giver for their burden of care in order to measure their psychological distress and associated symptoms. Objective: The study was designed to evaluate the psychological distress among care givers of patients with schizophrenia Material and Method: The Study was conducted at department of Psychiatry department Lady Reading hospital Peshawar for the rd th period of 6 months i.e from 3 of March to September 8 2012. Cross Sectional Study Design was used. 227 participants were enrolled for study. Data was collected through consecutive sampling. Care givers of patients suffering from schizophrenia presented to the outdoor patient department were included in the study. Care givers of patients who had been on treatment for at least 12 months were enrolled for the study. The diagnosis of schizophrenia was based on criteria of international classification of disease (ICD-10) for schizophrenic. Results: It's revealed that care givers of persons with schizophrenia have been passed through psychological distress and associated symptoms in their life span .Pearson coefficient of correlation was used to see comparison between ZBI and GHQ. Significant positive correlation has been found between the scores of ZBI and GHQ at .01 level of significance. Conclusion: Family members of person with schizophrenia who are bound to provide care and support have burden of care which also affects their mental health in form of psychological symptoms.

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