Determining the Family Sense of Coherence and Caregiving Burden of Caregivers of Patients with Schizophrenia: A-Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the caregiving burden and family sense of coherence of caregivers of patients with schizophrenia, to detect the relationship between them, and the influencing factors. Methods:The study was conducted as a descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational research. Data were obtained using a “Personal Information Form”, “The Family Sense of Coherence Scale-Short Form (FCS-S)”, and “The Caregiving Burden Scale (CBS)”. Results: The mean score of the caregivers was 49.47±15.20 on the caregiving burden, and 48.87±9.74 on the Family Sense of Coherence of the caregivers, 69.1% had a mean score on the Caregiving Burden higher than the average and 87.6% had a mean score on the Family Sense of Coherence higher than the average (moderate and high levels). There was a moderately significant negative correlation between Caregiving Burden and Family Sense of Coherence (p <0.01). Conclusions:This study determined that primary caregivers with a high level of family sense of coherence had lower level of care burden.

Keywords

• caregiving burden,
• family coherence,
• schizophrenia,
• primary caregiver

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