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Journal of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Research
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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.saBIOGRAPHY
Sawsan Kamal Khalil El Galad, J Neurol Neurorehabil Res 2018, Volume 3