Open AccessA comparative study of caregiver burden in psychiatric illness and chronic medical illness
Author(s) -
Prasanth Ampalam,
Sasidhar Gunturu,
Vasantha Padma
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.102423
Subject(s) - caregiver burden , depression (economics) , psychiatry , medicine , mental illness , anxiety , medical illness , population , mental health , disease , dementia , illness behavior , environmental health , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Caregivers of individuals suffering from psychiatric illness are at risk of being subjected to mental health consequences such as depression, anxiety and burnout. Community-based studies proved that 18-47% of caregivers land in depression. The caregiver burden can be quantified into objective, subjective and demand burdens. There is paucity of data comparing the caregiver burden of psychiatric patients and that of chronic medical illness patients.