Perceived stress, burden and quality of life in caregivers of schizophrenic and major depressive patients
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/05/066968
- Lead Sponsor
- Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1)Age: 18-60 years
2)Staying the patient currently and for greater than or equal to 3 years prior to the assessment with the patient
3)Accompanying the patient more than 2 hours a day
4)Having meals together with the patient more than four times a week
5)Doing leisure activities, such as going to the movies or taking a walk together, more than once a week
6)Helping the patient with daily activities, such as with taking medicine, more than four times a week on average during the previous year.
Exclusion Criteria
Caregivers suffering from disabling psychiatric or physical illnesses (including but not limited to schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, major depressive disorder, cerebrovascular accidents, myocardial infarction, neoplasms)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Perceived stress, burden and quality of life expected worse in caregivers of schizophrenia compared to caregivers of depressionTimepoint: 6 months, 1 year, 18 months, 2 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Perceived stress, burden & quality of life expected worse in caregivers of depression compared to caregivers of schizophreniaTimepoint: 6 months, 1 year, 18 months, 2 years