Stigma, burden of care, and family functioning in family caregivers of people with mental illnesses: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey

ABSTRACT

The present cross-sectional study assessed stigma, burden of care, and family functioning in family caregivers of people with mental illnesses. The correlation among these three variables was also investigated. Followed by using the quota sampling method, 200 family caregivers of patients with mental illnesses were selected from two psychiatric hospitals. Based on the findings, scores of the caregivers’ stigma, family functioning, and burden of care were at moderate levels. Stigma had a significant correlation with family functioning and burden of care, but no significant correlation was found between family functioning and burden of care.

KEYWORDS:

• Burden of care
• family caregivers
• family functioning
• mental health disorders
• psychiatric disorders
• stigma

Acknowledgments

Researchers would like to thank family caregivers who participated in the study.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data Availability Statement

The data are available upon request to the corresponding author.

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Funding

This study received no specific grants from any funding agency and commercial or not-for-profit sectors.