Open AccessBurden of Care on Caregivers of Schizophrenia Patients: A Correlation to Personality and Coping
Author(s) -
Disha Geriani,
Kochukarottil Satish Babu Savithry,
Seemanthini Shivakumar,
Tanuj Kanchan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/11342.5654
Subject(s) - psychoticism , caregiver burden , personality , coping (psychology) , extraversion and introversion , clinical psychology , psychology , psychiatry , big five personality traits , medicine , disease , dementia , social psychology , pathology
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder where the caregivers are likely to face increasing levels of burden and stress. The present study aims to explore the relation between burden of care on the caregivers of schizophrenic patients with various psychological parameters including their coping strategies, personality type, overall quality of life and socio-demographic details.