Family Functioning Among Caregivers of Patients with Schizophrenia in Baghdad city | ||
| Kerbala Journal of Medicine | ||
| Article 3, Volume 5, Issue 11, June 2012, Pages 1204-1210 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ali K. Khudhiar; Hassan A. Hussein | ||
| Abstract | ||
| objective: To determine the family functioning among caregivers of patients with schizophrenia and its association with patient’s and caregiver’s socio-demographic characteristics. Methodology: Sixty caregivers of patients with schizophrenia were recruited during their relatives' in-patient psychiatric hospitals: Baghdad Teaching Hospital, 10th floor, and Ibn-Rushd Psychiatric Hospital. Caregivers were interviewed and the data were collected by a self-reported questionnaire through using the Family Functioning Scale. Then, data were analyzed by using descriptive statistical measures and inferential statistical measures "Linear Regression". Results: All the dimensions of the family functioning are healthy. There was significant association between patients’ clinical characteristics and caregivers’ socio-demographic characteristics with family functioning. Recommendations: The researchers recommend conducting a longitudinal studies on family caregivers, using psychiatric and family assessment / intervention for those caregivers with family dysfunction | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Caregivers; family functioning; Schizophrenia | ||
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