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Volume 5 | Issue 1 | Year 2019 | Article Id. IJNHS-V5I1P103 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/24547484/IJNHS-V5I1P103

An Educational Intervention to Reduce the Burden on Family Caregivers of Patients with Schizophrenia

Hani Hamed Ali Desouki, Saida El-Sayed Hassan IbrahimEl-Azzab, and Entisar Mohammed Mahmoud Abu-Salem

Citation :

Hani Hamed Ali Desouki, Saida El-Sayed Hassan IbrahimEl-Azzab, and Entisar Mohammed Mahmoud Abu-Salem, "An Educational Intervention to Reduce the Burden on Family Caregivers of Patients with Schizophrenia," International Journal of Nursing and Health Science, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 17-25, 2019. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/24547484/IJNHS-V5I1P103

Abstract

A. Background: Schizophrenia is a chronic psychosis and experiences a high burden level of the family caregiver and consequent impairment in their health condition.

B. Aim: This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of an educational intervention program for decreasing the family caregivers’ burden of patients with schizophrenia.

C. The study design: A quasi-experimental design was employed. The study was applied at the Psychiatric Outpatients Unit in Beni-Suef University Hospital. Forty-four family caregivers participated, 22 allocated to the experimental group and 22 in the control group.

D. Tool of the study: Demographic data and the Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale. The program was conducted once a week for four months in the experimental group. Results: the burden level diminished significantly in an experimental group; the mean scores of caregiver burden reduced from 84.05 pre-program into 53.24 post-program (P< 0.001). However, the mean scores in the control group were slightly changed. The program was effective for family caregivers with low educational levels.

E. Conclusion: The majority of the studied family caregivers’ burden was reduced after implementation of an educational program, with a highly positive significant statistical difference between parents and family caregivers with lower educational levels between before and after educational sessions.

F. Recommendations: Apply the components of this program in future studies, which emphasize to decline of burden levels of family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia and the mentally ill.

Keywords

Burden, Caregivers, Education, Family, Intervention, Schizophrenia.

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