Department of Social Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2011 May;57(3):300-11. doi: 10.1177/0020764009354838. Epub 2010 Mar 2.
Caregiver burden in mental illness is believed to differ between ethnic groups, but few studies have examined this in schizophrenia in the UK.
To measure burden in British North Indian Sikh and white British parents with a son or daughter with established schizophrenia managed in outpatient care.
A cross-cultural cohort study measuring family factors, patient psychopathology and levels of burden and distress.
Overall levels of burden were low with no significant differences between the groups. Burden subscale scores showed Indian parents were more affected by psychotic behaviours than white parents. The groups also differed on several sociodemographic variables.
In stabilized community patients, the overall extent of burden experienced by both Indian and white parents is low and comparable. However, Indian parents were more burdened by psychotic behaviours. This may be a result of co-residence as Indian patients are more likely to live with their families. Social and economic factors in the country of residence and levels of acculturation may also influence levels of burden and the illness behaviours found most bothersome by parents.
据信，精神疾病患者的照顾者负担在不同种族之间存在差异，但很少有研究在英国的精神分裂症患者中对此进行研究。
在接受门诊治疗的已确诊精神分裂症的英国北印度锡克教和英国白人父母中，测量其负担。
一项跨文化队列研究，测量家庭因素、患者精神病理学以及负担和痛苦水平。
总体负担水平较低，两组之间无显著差异。负担子量表的评分显示，印度裔父母受精神病行为的影响比白人父母更大。两组在几个社会人口统计学变量上也存在差异。
在稳定的社区患者中，印度裔和白人父母的总体负担程度都较低且相当。然而，印度裔父母受精神病行为的影响更大。这可能是因为印度患者更有可能与家人同住。居住国的社会和经济因素以及文化适应程度也可能影响父母感到最困扰的负担和疾病行为的水平。
