Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Relationship of family caregiver burden with quality of care and psychopathology in a sample of Arab subjects with schizophrenia | Zahid and Ohaeri BMC Psychiatry 2010 10 71 http 1471-244X 10 71 BMC Psychiatry RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Relationship of family caregiver burden with quality of care and psychopathology in a sample of Arab subjects with schizophrenia Muhammad A Zahid1 Jude U Ohaeri2 Abstract Background Although the burden experienced by families of people with schizophrenia has long been recognized as one of the most important consequences of the disorder there are no reports from the Arab world. Following the example of the five - nation European EPSILON study we explored the following research question How does the relationship between domains of caregiving as in the Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire - IEQ-EU and caregiver psychic distress on the one hand and caregiver s patient s socio-demographics clinical features and indices of quality of care on the other hand compare with the pattern in the literature Method Consecutive family caregivers of outpatients with schizophrenia were interviewed with the IEQ-EU. Patients were interviewed with measures of needs for care service satisfaction quality of life QOL and psychopathology. Results There were 121 caregivers men aged . The IEQ domain scores total tension supervision worrying and urging were in the middle of the range for the EU data. In regression analyses higher burden subscale scores were variously associated with caregiver lower level of education patient s female gender and younger age as well as patient s lower subjective QOL and needs for hospital care and not involving the patient in outdoor activities. Disruptive behavior was the greatest determinant of global rating of burden. Conclusion Our results indicate that despite differences in service set-up and culture the IEQ-EU can be used in Kuwait as it has been used in the western world to describe the pattern of scores on the dimensions of caregiving. Differences with the international data reflect .
