Factors Related to Burnout of Spouses of Schizophrenic Patients
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Purpose: To study burnout of spouses of schizophrenic patients, and to investigate relationship between gender, duration of care, stress, social support, marital relationship, spouse burden, affiliate stigma, positive syndrome, and negative syndrome, and burnout of spouses of schizophrenic patients.
Design: Descriptive correlation research study
Method: The sampling consisted of 180 spouses of schizophrenic patients who received follow up in Psychiatric Hospital, and Psychiatric Outpatient Department at the hospital, Bangkok area. The research instruments were demographic questionnaires, Maslach Burnout Inventory, Stress Questionnaires, Social support questionnaires, Marital Adjustment Test, Spouse burden scale, Affiliate stigma scale, Positive Syndrome scale, and Negative Syndrome scale. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient.
Results: Burnout in spouses of schizophrenic patients was assessed in three dimensions. Emotional exhaustion was at a low level ( = 11.02, SD = 10.83), depersonalization was at a moderate level ( = 6.36, SD = 8.06), and perceived personal accomplishment was at a high level ( = 13.45, SD = 9.64). Factors significantly related to burnout at the p < .05 level were as follows: marital relationship and social support had a significant negative correlation (r = -.378, r = -.154, respectively). Negative syndrome (r = .305), positive syndrome (r = .509), spouse burden (r = .779), affiliate stigma (r = .711), and stress (r = .819) had significant positive correlations. Gender and duration of care had no correlation with burnout in spouses of schizophrenic patients.
Conclusion: The results of this research can inform the planning of activities to mitigate the factors related to burnout in spouses of schizophrenic patients.
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