Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2016

Family Burden among Caregivers of Patients with Epilepsy and Alcohol Dependence

Dr. M. Senthil, Dr. Manisha Kiran

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 Family is the key resource in the care of patients including those with mental illness in India. This has been attributed to the Indian tradition of inter-dependence, and the concern of close relatives in adversity, as also to the paucity of mental health professionals. The family caregivers are those who provide care to other family members who need supervision or assistance in illness or disability2 or those who provide unpaid care to the family members with special needs. An illness adversely affects the individual as well as those around in terms of physical, emotional, and financial distress, and social and occupational dysfunction. This leads to problems, difficulties or adverse events which impact the lives of the significant others. This adverse impact has been described as burden. Burden is said to be largely determined by family environment in terms of coping styles of different family members and their tolerance of the patients’ aberrant behaviour. The present study consisted of 120 samples, among which 60 participants from the caregiver of patients with epilepsy and 60 participants from the caregiver of patients with alcohol dependence. The family burden interview schedule was used to collect the data. Statistical analysis was performed by using the SPSS programme 16.0 version. The result suggested that the caregiver of patients with alcohol dependence have more family burden than caregiver of patients with epilepsy.

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Dr.M.Senthil, Dr.Manisha Kiran Family Burden among Caregivers of Patients with Epilepsy and Alcohol Dependence Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol: 5, Issue : 3 March 2016

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