ฐานข้อมูลวิจัยด้านสุขภาพจิตและจิตเวช

ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Peeraphon Lueboonthavatchai, Oraphun Lueboonthavatchai.

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Quality of Life and Correlated Health Status and Social Support of Schizophrenic Patients Caregivers.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: การประชุมวิชาการประจำปี 2549 ครั้งที่ 34 "จิตเวชศาสตร์และวิกฤตทางสังคม (Psychiatry and Social Crises), ราชวิทยาลัยจิตแพทย์แห่งประเทศไทย สมาคมจิตแพทย์แห่งประเทศไทย ร่วมกับกรมสุขภาพจิต วันที่ 20-22 พฤศจิกายน 2549, ณ.โรงแรมแอมบาสซาเดอร์ หน้า 26.

รายละเอียด / Details:

Background: Quality of life (QOL) of caregivers is the new concept used for evaluating the caregivers burden and well-being and also improving the caregiver interventions. Schizophrenia is considered as a chronic and severe mental disorder. It affects the lives of patients and also the family members or caregivers who take care of them. The caregivers have to deal with patients symptoms and also help patients in activities of daily living. Most studies showed low scores of QOL of schizophrenic patients caregivers. Objectives :To study the QOL of schizophrenic patients caregivers in community Bangkok Metropolis and the correlation between QOL and health status and social support of schizophrenic patients caregivers. Material and Method: One hundred and twenty schizophrenic patients caregivers were recruited from three Public Health Centers of Health Department Bangkok Metropolitan Administration in November-December 2005. They completed three self-rated questionnaires; 1) Quality of Life Index Generic Version –III (QLI Generic Version-III ), 2) Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36 Health Survey) , AND 3) Questionnaire for Assessment of Social Support QOL of caregivers was analyzed by using mean percentage and standard deviation. The correlation between QOL and health status and social support was analyzed by using Pearson’s correlation. Results: Eighty-eight people (73.33%) were female and thirty-two people (26.67%) were male. The mean age of the caregivers was 49.91 years and the age range of the caregivers was 23-81 years. Most of them had the primary school education (62 people 51.67%) and had the marital status as couples (73 people 60.83%). The results showed most of the schizophrenic patients caregivers (80 people 66.67%) had the low moderate level of QOL The caregivers health status and social support were positively correlated to their QOL. Conclusion: The percent study showed schizophrenic patients caregivers in community had the low moderate level of QOL. The health status and social support of caregivers were positively correlated to their QOL Health promotion and increasing social support of caregivers may help to increase caregivers QOL. Improving caregivers QOL will increase the quality of care giving and result in successful and rehabilitation of schizophrenic patients.

Keywords: quality of life, QOL, health status social support, caregivers, schizophrenia, schizophrenic patient, mental disorder, intervention, psychiatry, psychotic patients

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2549

Address: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Nursing, Chulalongkorn University

Code: 2006000257

ISSN/ISBN: -

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English

Category: Paper ได้รับการคัดเลือกนำเสนอในการประชุมวิชาการประจำปี 2549 ราชวิทยาลัยจิตแพทย์แห่งประเทศไทย ฯลฯ

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