Kumar Sumit, Ravan Jayprakash R, Thakur Bhaskar, Banerjee Arijita
Department of Psychiatry, ICARE Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Haldia, West Bengal, India.
Department of Psychiatry, KIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2024 Oct;13(10):4628-4633. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_476_24. Epub 2024 Oct 18.
The caregiver burden in psychiatric illness is profound. However, the burden on spouses of patients with ADS remains a quest for medical research. The present study was done to assess the caregiver (wives) burden in a group of patients suffering from ADS as compared with that of schizophrenia.
This cross-sectional hospital-based study was conducted in the psychiatric ward. A detailed comparative assessment was done between the caregiver burden and quality of life of wives whose spouses were diagnosed with schizophrenia and alcohol dependence syndrome.
The average burden perceived by spouses in schizophrenia was 77.69% ±1.51 across all domains as compared with spouses of an alcohol group (78.39 ± 1.69). Factors related to high burden and low quality of life among wives of the alcoholic group were found to be residing in rural areas, living in nuclear families, critical in-laws and noncooperative family members, severely abused, and having two or more children.
The caregiver burden in the spouse of a male ADS is comparable with the burden of the spouse of schizophrenia. Spouses (wives) of addicts need more appreciation and support from the other family members mostly in-laws.
精神疾病患者的照料者负担沉重。然而，酒精依赖综合征（ADS）患者配偶的负担仍是医学研究的一个课题。本研究旨在评估一组患有ADS的患者的照料者（妻子）负担，并与精神分裂症患者的照料者负担进行比较。
这项基于医院的横断面研究在精神科病房进行。对配偶被诊断为精神分裂症和酒精依赖综合征的妻子的照料者负担和生活质量进行了详细的比较评估。
精神分裂症患者配偶在所有领域感知到的平均负担为77.69%±1.51，而酒精依赖组患者的配偶为78.39±1.69。发现酒精依赖组妻子中与高负担和低生活质量相关的因素包括居住在农村地区、生活在核心家庭、挑剔的姻亲及不合作的家庭成员、遭受严重虐待以及育有两个或更多子女。
男性ADS患者配偶的照料者负担与精神分裂症患者配偶的负担相当。成瘾者的配偶（妻子）大多需要来自其他家庭成员（主要是姻亲）更多的理解和支持。
