Open AccessCaregiver burden on wives of substance-dependent husbands and its correlates at a Tertiary Care Centre in Northern India
Author(s) -
Bharat Singh Shekhawat,
Sanjay Jain,
Hariom Kumar Solanki
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_396_16
Subject(s) - marital status , caregiver burden , medicine , biopsychosocial model , alcohol dependence , heroin , cross sectional study , psychiatry , clinical psychology , gerontology , alcohol , drug , environmental health , disease , population , dementia , chemistry , pathology , biochemistry
Substance dependence is well recognized as a complex biopsychosocial phenomenon. Complications arising out of it not only impairs life of substance-dependent patient but also causes enormous burden on their caregivers. Little attention has been paid to the relationship between caregiver burden and substance use.