Burden and Health in Relatives of Persons with Severe Mental Illness: A Norwegian Cross- Sectional Study
| Autor: | Bente M. Weimand, Christina Sällström, Birgitta Hedelin, Marie-Louise Hall-Lord |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Personality Inventory Psychometrics Cross-sectional study Health Status macromolecular substances Norwegian Cost of Illness Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Nursing science Everyday life Psychiatry Internal-External Control Aged Norway business.industry Mentally ill Middle Aged Mental illness medicine.disease language.human_language Cross-Sectional Studies Caregivers Psychotic Disorders Socioeconomic Factors Quality of Life language Female Pshychiatric Mental Health business |
| Zdroj: | Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 31:804-815 |
| ISSN: | 1096-4673 0161-2840 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/01612840.2010.520819 |
| Popis: | This study describes and investigates burden to and health of relatives of persons with severe mental illness in relation to background variables, everyday life with the mentally ill person, and sense of coherence. A cross-sectional design was used. The respondents were 226 relatives from the Norwegian National Association for Families of Mentally Ill Persons. In addition to background variables and variables about everyday life with the mentally ill person, the questionnaire was comprised of the Burden Assessment Schedule (BAS), Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), and Sense of Coherence Instrument (SOC). This study shows that the relatives were burdened and also reported poor health. Greater burden was experienced by women and by relatives who did not have anyone with whom to share the caregiving of the mentally ill person. For relatives who were single, divorced, or widowed, burden was greater and health was poorer; likewise for relatives who reported financial problems and frequent phone calls with the mentally ill person. Burden and poor health were associated with low SOC. The findings suggest a need for the health services to include and support these relatives in order for them to sustain health. |
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