The relationship between coping styles and family burden in chronic schizophrenic and bipolar type I patients’ caregivers

BackgroundCaregivers play an essential role in caring of patients with psychiatric disorders. It is important to focus on family burden and coping styles of chronic psychiatric disorders’ caregivers. In this survey, the aim was to measure coping styles’ of schizophrenic and bipolar type I patients’...

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Published in:The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 2023-01, Vol.59 (1), p.7-6
Main Authors: Abbaslou, Tahereh, Farsham, Aida, Bidaki, Reza, Bozorg, Bonnie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder type I
Caregiver burden
Caregivers
Chi-square test
Coping styles
Mental disorders
Schizophrenia
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Summary:BackgroundCaregivers play an essential role in caring of patients with psychiatric disorders. It is important to focus on family burden and coping styles of chronic psychiatric disorders’ caregivers. In this survey, the aim was to measure coping styles’ of schizophrenic and bipolar type I patients’ caregivers, their burden and its relationship between these scales. In this cross-sectional study, 100 main caregivers of patients (50 schizophrenic patients, 50 bipolar type I patients) from both Razi psychiatric hospital were enrolled in the study in 2014. The instruments were family burden interview schedule (FBIS) and Weintraub coping orientations to problems experienced (COPE). Chi-square, Pearson correlation coefficient, and independent t-test were used for data analysis.ResultsThere was inverse correlation between burden and problem-focused coping strategy about caregivers of both groups (r = − 0.29, P 
ISSN:1110-1083
1687-8329
DOI:10.1186/s41983-023-00609-7