Health Related Quality of Life in Family Caregivers of Patients Suffering from Mental Disorders

In the light of the advances in treatment measures and early discharge of patients with mental disorders from psychiatric hospitals, families play important role in caring for such patients. The aim of this study is to determine the Quality of Life (QoL) of the family caregivers of patients with men...

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Published in:Journal of clinical and diagnostic research 2016-11, Vol.10 (11), p.VC05-VC09
Main Authors: Noghani, Fatemeh, Seyedfatemi, Naiemeh, Karimirad, Mohammad-Reza, Akbarzadeh, Arash, Hasanpour-Dehkordi, Ali
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Language:English
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caregivers health
psychiatric disorders
psychiatric patients
Psychiatry Section
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Summary:In the light of the advances in treatment measures and early discharge of patients with mental disorders from psychiatric hospitals, families play important role in caring for such patients. The aim of this study is to determine the Quality of Life (QoL) of the family caregivers of patients with mental disorders. This cross-sectional study was conducted in teaching health care centers affiliated with medical universities in Tehran, Iran. Sampling was conducted by convenience random technique. Participants were 238 family caregivers of mental disorder patients and the Short-Form Health Survey Questionnaire was used to gather data. The data were analyzed by Spearman's correlation, t-test and ANOVA in SPSS 18.0. The women's mean QoL was lower than the men's. Regarding family relationship with the patients, the lowest QoL was observed among the mothers. There was a significant relationship between the caregivers QoL and economic status, the caregivers gender, family relationship with the patients and the patients' gender (p
ISSN:2249-782X
0973-709X
DOI:10.7860/JCDR/2016/19671.8792