Burden of Care, Social Support and Psycho-Pathological Symptoms among Caregivers of Children with Psychological Disorders

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dc.contributor.authorAkpunne, Bede
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-14T15:12:22Z
dc.date.available2022-07-14T15:12:22Z
dc.date.issued2020-02
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.run.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3421
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Researchen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 07, Issue 02,;5579-5585
dc.subjectBurden of careen_US
dc.subjectSocial supporten_US
dc.subjectPsychopathological symptomsen_US
dc.subjectCaregiversen_US
dc.titleBurden of Care, Social Support and Psycho-Pathological Symptoms among Caregivers of Children with Psychological Disordersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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