Winefield H R, Harvey E J
Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide, Australia.
Schizophr Bull. 1993;19(3):619-25. doi: 10.1093/schbul/19.3.619.
Research shows that the relatives of people with chronic schizophrenia suffer psychological distress and interference in daily life from the burdens of caregiving. In this study, members of a self-help group for the relatives of schizophrenia sufferers provided information through a mail survey, using standardized measures of psychological distress and burden, and severity of the sufferer's illness. Caregiver psychological distress was high compared with test norms, and the level of behavioral disturbance in the sufferer was found to contribute to caregiver distress after controlling for the caregiver's age, sex, and social supports. An unexpected finding was that those caring for female sufferers reported greater distress than those caring for males.
研究表明，慢性精神分裂症患者的亲属因照顾负担而遭受心理困扰并影响日常生活。在本研究中，一个精神分裂症患者亲属自助小组的成员通过邮件调查提供了信息，采用了心理困扰和负担的标准化测量方法以及患者疾病的严重程度。与测试标准相比，照顾者的心理困扰程度较高，并且在控制了照顾者的年龄、性别和社会支持因素后，发现患者的行为障碍程度会导致照顾者产生困扰。一个意外的发现是，照顾女性患者的人比照顾男性患者的人报告的困扰更大。
