Family members who provide daily care for people with chronic mental illness often carry substantial emotional, social and financial strain. This study examined caregiver burden, anxiety and depression among primary caregivers of patients with chronic mental illness, and tested whether burden was related to anxiety and depression and whether these outcomes differed by age, gender and relationship to the patient. A cross-sectional correlational design was used with a purposive sample of primary caregivers recruited through psychiatric outpatient and community rehabilitation settings in Bengaluru (planned n = 100; 105 complete records analysed). Burden was assessed with the 22-item Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI), and anxiety and depression with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Because scores departed from normality, Spearman correlations, permutation-based Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests and Holm-adjusted Dunn comparisons were used. The mean ZBI score was 32.37 (SD = 15.96); 77.1% of caregivers scored in at least the mild-to-moderate burden band, 59.0% had HADS anxiety scores of 8 or higher and 60.0% had HADS depression scores of 8 or higher. Burden correlated strongly with anxiety (rs = .810) and depression (rs = .816), Holm-adjusted ps < .001. Relationship to the patient was significantly associated with burden, anxiety and depression (adjusted ps < .001), with parent caregivers scoring highest, whereas age and gender differences did not survive correction for multiple testing. Findings are provisional because of an unresolved sample-size discrepancy and the cross-sectional, self-report, non-probability design. The results support routine screening of caregivers? psychological health, with particular attention to parent caregivers, alongside caregiver-focused psychoeducation and counselling.
The aim of this study is to examine how burnout is correlated with caregiver burden among parents of physically disabled children. This study was conducted with cross-sectional and descriptive design. The study included 112 parents of physically disabled children who attended special education and rehabilitation centers. Data were collected using a Personal Information Form, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), and the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI). The participants’ mean scores were 17.38±7.917 for the Emotional Exhaustion Subscale of the MBI, 21.03±4.505 for the Personal Accomplishment Subscale of the MBI, and 32.32±13.475 for the ZBI. A weak, positive, and significant correlation was found between the parents’ age and ZBI score (r = 0.216, p = 0.023). There was a moderate, positive, and significant correlation between the scores of the MBI Emotional Exhaustion Subscale and the ZBI (r=0.472, p
هدف این مطالعه بررسی چگونگی ارتباط فرسودگی شغلی با بار مراقبتی در والدین کودکان دارای ناتوانی جسمی است. این پژوهش با طرح مقطعی و توصیفی انجام شد. مطالعه حاضر شامل ۱۱۲ نفر از والدین کودکان دارای ناتوانی جسمی بود که به مراکز آموزش و توانبخشی ویژه مراجعه کرده بودند. داده‌ها با استفاده از فرم اطلاعات فردی، پرسشنامه فرسودگی شغلی ماسلاچ (MBI) و مصاحبه بار زاریت (ZBI) جمع‌آوری شد. میانگین نمرات شرکت‌کنندگان برای زیرمقیاس خستگی هیجانی پرسشنامه MBI برابر با ۱۷٫۳۸±۷٫۹۱۷، برای زیرمقیاس موفقیت فردی پرسشنامه MBI برابر با ۲۱٫۰۳±۴٫۵۰۵ و برای پرسشنامه ZBI برابر با ۳۲٫۳۲±۱۳٫۴۷۵ بود. بین سن والدین و نمره ZBI یک همبستگی ضعیف، مثبت و معنادار مشاهده شد (r = 0.216, p = 0.023). همچنین بین نمرات زیرمقیاس خستگی هیجانی پرسشنامه MBI و ZBI یک همبستگی متوسط، مثبت و معنادار وجود داشت (r=0.472, p
