 The burden of caregivers of schizophrenia outpatients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A same-sample comparison with the pre-pandemic burdenElaine Di Sarno and Mario Rodrigues Louzã International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2023, vol. 69, issue 5, 1231-1238 Abstract: Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected the vulnerable Brazilian population. In this study, we investigated the burden of COVID-19 on caregivers for patients with schizophrenia. Objective: This study assessed objective and subjective burden of caregivers for patients with schizophrenia during the COVID-19 pandemic and compared the measurements obtained in the study to that before the pandemic. Methods: The study included 50 caregivers who were assessed using the Sociodemographic Questionnaire, and the Family Burden Interview Schedule, Brazilian version (FBIS-BR). An adaptation of the Clinical Global Impression-Improvement (CGI-I) was made, in which caregivers evaluated their ‘clinical’ impression about the patient during the COVID-19 pandemic in comparison to pre-pandemic mental status. Results: Most caregivers were female, aged between 24 and 80 years, who were in contact with the patient for about 88.56 hours/week. In relation to caregiver burden, there was a significant increase in the total subjective burden ( p   Keywords: Schizophrenia; COVID-19; Brazil; caregiver burden (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:69:y:2023:i:5:p:1231-1238 DOI: 10.1177/00207640231156512 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Social Psychiatry |
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