Stigma and Quality Of Life among Caregivers of Mentally Ill Patients: Family and Nursing Staff
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Mentally ill patients' family caregivers and nursing staff play an important role in treatment and recovery of patients,however, they may experience stigma and discrimination simply because of their family relationships and the nature of their work as a psychiatric nurse which may seriously affect their quality of life. Theaim of this study was to assess the stigma and quality of life among caregivers of mentally ill patients from both families and nursing staff .The present study was conducted at AlAbassia Mental Health Hospital. A convenient sample of (200) mentally ill patient family caregivers, who attended "Outpatient Clinics'' of the Al Abassia Mental Health Hospital and 100 nurses who are working in ''Outpatient Clinics'' and'' Inpatient Departments'' at the Al Abassia Mental Health Hospital were recruited for this study. Adescriptive correlational design was used in the current study. Five research tools were used including demographic data,modified consumer experiences of stigma questionnaire,nursing staff stigma scale, and quality of life scale. The current study results revealed that,most of family caregivers and nursing staff had high levels of stigma, and both of them had average level of quality of life. Also, it revealed that, there was a significant relationship between stigma and quality of life for both family caregivers and nursing staff. The conclusion of the current study was that mental illness can equally affect family caregivers and nursing staff causing them to suffer from high level of stigma and affect their quality of life. The study recommended that, intervention programs should be held to help family caregivers and nursing staff to cope with their caregiving role.
Authors and Affiliations
Nesma Naser Farouk El Sayed, Dr. Enayat Abdel Wahab Khalil, Dr. Zeinab Abdel-Halim Osman, Dr. Zeinab Ahmed Moukhtar Abdelsalam
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