Department of Community Mental Health and Law, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan.
Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.
Neuropsychopharmacol Rep. 2021 Jun;41(2):242-247. doi: 10.1002/npr2.12171. Epub 2021 Mar 25.
The purpose of this study was to retrospectively investigate care difficulties experienced by caregivers of people with schizophrenia during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in Japan (April 7-May 25, 2020) and examine associations between these care difficulties during lockdowns and daily caregiver burden.
Data were collected from 132 participants of the LINE Schizophrenia Family Association using an online survey.
Caregivers were mostly concerned about who would care for people with schizophrenia if caregivers become infected with COVID-19. A significant association was found between higher daily caregiver burden and more difficult care experiences during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns (B = 0.58, 95% confidence interval, 0.40-0.75, P < .01, adjusted R-squared = .34).
Further studies and supports for caregivers of people with schizophrenia are needed.
本研究旨在回顾性调查 2020 年 4 月 7 日至 5 月 25 日 COVID-19 疫情封锁期间照料精神分裂症患者的护理人员所经历的困难，并探讨这些封锁期间的护理困难与日常护理人员负担之间的关系。
通过在线调查，从 LINE 精神分裂症家庭协会的 132 名参与者那里收集数据。
护理人员最担心的是，如果护理人员感染 COVID-19，谁来照顾精神分裂症患者。在 COVID-19 大流行封锁期间，更高的日常护理人员负担与更困难的护理经历之间存在显著关联（B=0.58，95%置信区间，0.40-0.75，P<.01，调整后的 R 平方=0.34）。
需要进一步研究和支持精神分裂症患者的护理人员。
