Quality of life in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia: a literature review

A Caqueo-Urízar, J Gutiérrez-Maldonado… - Health and quality of life …, 2009 - Springer
Background A couple of decades ago, hospitals or psychiatric institutions were in charge of
caring for patients with schizophrenia; however, nowadays this role is performed by one or …

EPA guidance on assessment of negative symptoms in schizophrenia

S Galderisi, A Mucci, S Dollfus, M Nordentoft… - European …, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundDuring the last decades, a renewed interest for negative symptoms (NS) was
brought about by the increased awareness that they interfere severely with real-life …

Assessing health status in informal schizophrenia caregivers compared with health status in non-caregivers and caregivers of other conditions

S Gupta, G Isherwood, K Jones, K Van Impe - BMC psychiatry, 2015 - Springer
Background Research indicates schizophrenia is a cause of burden for patients and
caregivers. This study examined health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and comorbidities …

An updated review on burden on caregivers of schizophrenia patients

A Caqueo-Urízar, C Miranda-Castillo, SL Giráldez… - Psicothema, 2014 - reunido.uniovi.es
Una revisión actualizada sobre la sobrecarga en cuidadores de pacientes con
esquizofrenia. Antecedentes: la esquizofrenia es una enfermedad mental grave que no solo …

Relationship of family caregiver burden with quality of care and psychopathology in a sample of Arab subjects with schizophrenia

MA Zahid, JU Ohaeri - BMC psychiatry, 2010 - Springer
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 …

Quality of Life and Incidence of Clinical Signs and Symptoms among Caregivers of Persons with Mental Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study

V Oikonomou, E Gkintoni, C Halkiopoulos… - Healthcare, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Caring for individuals with mental disorders poses significant challenges for
caregivers, often leading to compromised quality of life and mental health issues such as …

Stress and burden faced by family caregivers of people with schizophrenia and early psychosis in Hong Kong

KF Wan, MMC Wong - Internal Medicine Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background/Aim Families, especially in Chinese society, play a crucial role in care
provision for relatives with schizophrenia, but the burden of caregiving has shown to cause …

[HTML][HTML] Burden in caregivers of adults with epilepsy in Asian families

ST Lai, WY Tan, MCM Wo, KS Lim, SB Ahmad, CT Tan - Seizure, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose The literature on caregiver burden tends to focus on children and teenagers with
epilepsy and less on adults. As caregiving is a dynamic, complex process across the …

Burden of informal care giving to patients with psychoses: a descriptive and methodological study

L Flyckt, A Löthman, L Jörgensen… - … Journal of Social …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: There is a lack of studies of the size of burden associated with informal care
giving in psychosis. Aims: To evaluate the objective and subjective burden of informal care …

Insight into mental illness, self-stigma, and the family burden of parents of persons with a severe mental illness

I Hasson-Ohayon, I Levy, S Kravetz… - Comprehensive …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Parents of persons with severe mental illness (SMI) often experience
burden due to the illness of their daughter or son. In the present study, the possibility that …