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Journal of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Research

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Volume 3

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J u n e 2 8 - 2 9 , 2 0 1 8 | D u b l i n , I r e l a n d

Joint Event on

NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

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International Conference on

International Conference on

FAMILY CAREGIVER BURDEN AND

RELAPSE RATE OF THEIR PATIENTS

WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

Sawsan Kamal Khalil El Galad

King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Siences, KSA

T

he family has thus become an important agent affecting the patients`

mental conditions and the course of recovery. Conversely, the patients also

create enormous hardship for their family. Is viewed as crucial to patients`

relapse. Identifying aspects of family functioning contributing to relapse of

the patients and the support required to strengthen the families is therefore

of great concern to mental health practitioners. The present study aims to

investigate the relation between family’s burden in living and the relapse rate

of their patients with schizophrenia.

Subjects:

150 schizophrenic patients who were attending the previously

mentioned setting; and 150 convenient family caregivers who accompany

their patients. A socio-demographic and clinical data structured interview

schedule for schizophrenic patients and their caregivers. Hardship of living.

The scale consists of 16 items covering five areas of living: physiologic life,

working life, leisure and cultural life, social life, and plans for the future. The

scale is rated on a three-point Likert type scale (very much, somewhat, no).

Responses are summed to give a score ranging from 16 to 48 with higher

scores reflecting higher hardships in the living of the family. In this study the

relapse rate was calculated based on the average periodicity by which the

patient is rehospitalized. This was achieved by dividing the total duration

of illness in years by the number of rehospitalization to get the average

frequency/ periodicity of relapse.

Results:

64 percent of the patients had a history of relapse. The majority

of caregivers (88%) were obliged to fund the patient, 66% claimed having

financial burden, Majority of the studied caregivers (81.3%) had high family

burden. The incidence of relapse was found to occur 3.3 more times when

caregivers were complaining of hardship, and to occur 1.7 times when

negative family attitudes are prevalent among family caregivers.

Sawsan Kamal Khalil El Galad is graduated from

university of Alexandria Egypt Faculty of Nurs-

ing BNSc. He is a faculty of Nursing, University

of Alexandria, June 1998, Nursing and MNSc

Faculty of Nursing, University of Alexandria,

August 2007, Psychiatric Nursing and Men-

tal Health. He holds an excellent degree with

DNSc Faculty of Nursing, University of Alexan-

dria, April 2013, Psychiatric Nursing and Men-

tal Health. Present employment. He worked as

Assistant professor of Psychiatric Nursing and

Mental Health, King Saud bin Abdulaziz Univer-

sity for Health Siences:19/10/2015 up till now.

His previous employments includes : 1-Lecturer

of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Alex-

andria University, Egypt.

galads@ksau-hs.edu.sa

BIOGRAPHY

Sawsan Kamal Khalil El Galad, J Neurol Neurorehabil Res 2018, Volume 3