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- Title
Anxiety Depression and Burden among the Caregivers of Persons with Neurological Illness.
- Authors
Roy, Anil Kumar; Gujar, Nilesh Maruti; Ali, Arif; Borah, Utpal
- Abstract
Background: Studies have shown that caregivers of the persons with neurological illness have high levels of psychological distress, depression and caregiver's burden. The aim of the study was to find out anxiety, depression and caregiver's burden among the caregivers of persons with neurological illness (PWNI). Method: Thirty caregivers of PWNI attending the Centre of Rehabilitation Sciences, LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam were selected using purposive sampling technique for the present study. Socio-demographic and clinical data sheet, Zarit Burden Interview Scale and The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were used. Results: The results shown that in Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, 26.6% of the caregivers' scores were in the abnormal range in the domain of depression. While in the domain of anxiety, 16.6% scored in the abnormal range. In Zarit Burden of Scale, 13.3% of the caregivers were having little or no burden, 26.6% of the care givers were having mild to moderate level of burden, 20% were having moderate to severe burden and 30% were having a severe burden of care. Care burden has significant positive correlation with depression (r= .124, p≤ 0.01 and anxiety (r= .124, p≤ 0.05). Conclusion: Caregivers of PWNI have been found to be at higher risk of mental health problems and care burden. The importance of addressing the burden of care givers involved in the care of PWNI need to be taken into consideration while providing treatment and rehabilitation of PWNI.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers; STATISTICAL correlation; MENTAL depression; RESEARCH methodology; NEUROLOGICAL disorders; PROBABILITY theory; JUDGMENT sampling; ANXIETY disorders; BURDEN of care; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Indian Journal of Psychiatric Social Work, 2018, Vol 9, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0302-1610
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29120/IJPSW.2018.v9.i2.106