Ghosh Subharati, Greenberg Jan
Waisman Center and the School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1350 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Psychiatr Serv. 2009 Jul;60(7):982-4. doi: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.7.982.
The primary purpose of this study was to compare the physical and psychological well-being of caregiving fathers of an adult son or daughter with schizophrenia with a comparison group of fathers who do not have children with schizophrenia.
Data for the caregiving fathers (N=95) were drawn from a study of families of adults with schizophrenia; the comparison group of fathers (N=95) was drawn from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS). Samples were matched on sociodemographic variables and analyzed with independent-samples t tests.
Fathers of adults with schizophrenia experienced higher levels of depression, poorer perceived health, lower levels of psychological well-being, and less marital satisfaction compared with their age-matched peers in the WLS.
This study found hidden personal costs of caregiving among fathers of adults with schizophrenia; strategies are needed for supporting these fathers.
本研究的主要目的是比较成年子女患有精神分裂症的照料父亲与子女未患精神分裂症的对照父亲群体的身心健康状况。
照料父亲组（N = 95）的数据来自一项针对成年精神分裂症患者家庭的研究；对照父亲组（N = 95）的数据来自威斯康星纵向研究（WLS）。样本在社会人口统计学变量上进行匹配，并采用独立样本t检验进行分析。
与威斯康星纵向研究中年龄匹配的同龄人相比，成年精神分裂症患者的父亲经历了更高水平的抑郁、更差的健康感知、更低水平的心理健康以及更低的婚姻满意度。
本研究发现成年精神分裂症患者的父亲在照料过程中存在潜在的个人代价；需要制定策略来支持这些父亲。
