Burden of Care, Social Support and Psycho-Pathological Symptoms among Caregivers of Children with Psychological Disorders
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2020-02
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International Journal of Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Research
Abstract
The 2016 WHO statistics show that the African region still bore the highest burden of care reporting
587 Disability Adjustable Life Years (DALYs) per 1000 population. The burden of caring for
individuals with mental illness is high globally, more so when there is no commensurate social
support for the caregivers. There is a crevice of literature from Nigerian studies on the link between
burden of care, social support and psychopathological symptoms. This study observed the influence
of burden of care and social support on psychopathological symptoms among caregivers of children
living with psychological disorders using Yaba Neuropsychiatric hospital Lagos Nigeria. A total of
309 participants (mean age = 41.2 years) were purposively selected during clinic appointment days
and responded to Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI), Multidimensional Scale of Social Support (MSPSS)
and Awaritefe Psychological Index (API Form X). Data was analyzed using descriptive and
inferential statistics. The result revealed that Burden of care and social support were significant joint
predictors of Insomnia (R²=.058, p= .000),intellect disorder (R²=.020, p= . 048), heat disorder
(R²=.028, p= . 017), mood disorder (R²=.148, p= . 000), head region disorder (R²=.103, p= .000),
general somatic disorder (R²=.051, p= . 000) and general psychopathology (R²=.115, p= . 000).
Burden of care and social support had significant independent predictions on insomnia, mood
disorder, general somatic disorder and general psychopathology while only burden of care
significantly predicted heat disorder, and head region disorder among the caregivers.
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Burden of care, Social support, Psychopathological symptoms, Caregivers