Author : Abhijit pathak
Keyword : Psychological distress, gender, caregiver, carers
Subject : Psychopathology
Article Type : Original article (research)
DOI : 10.4018/978-1-7998-1185-5.ch006
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Abstract : The present study aims to find the level of psychological distress in female caregivers of patients with mental illness in the context of Jharkhand and its relations with the socio-demographic variable. The sample was drawn from five blocks of Hazaribagh districts of Jharkhand and the respondents were 200 relatives of the patients with mental illness. A socio-demographic data sheet used for recording the socio-demographic characteristics and Kessler Psychological Distress Scale version 10 (K10) used for assessing their psychological distress. The result shows that female gender is having more psychological distress than male and may lead to common mental disorder under persistent condition. The mean score of female was higher than male (i.e., 26.36 [SD= 9.44] and 22.23 [SD= 8.86], respectively). The difference between both the genders found to be significant at less than 0.001 p values in Man Whitney U test.
Article by : Abhijit Pathak
Article add date : 2020-10-22
How to cite : Abhijit pathak. (2020-October-22). Understanding psychological distress among female caregivers of the patients with mental illness. retrieved from https://www.openacessjournal.com/abstract/309