{"title":"Perceived social support and self-esteem among caregivers of patients with schizophrenia and normal control","authors":"Lokesh Kumar Ranjan, P. Gupta","doi":"10.18231/j.jchm.2023.016","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Caregivers of patients with schizophrenia have an impact on self-esteem and social support due to the nature of the symptoms and the prolonged duration of illness. To assess and compare the social support and self-esteem among caregivers of chronic patients with Schizophrenia. The study was cross-sectional. It was conducted at the outpatient department (OPD) of CIIMHANS, Dewada, Rajnandgoan, Chhattisgarh, India. A total of 100 (50 caregivers of patients with schizophrenia and 50 normal controls) samples were selected through a purposive sampling technique and informed about the study after giving their informed consent. Socio-demographics, PGI Social Support Questionnaire and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were all part of the interview. The study results showed there was a significant difference in social support and self-esteem among caregivers of patients with schizophrenia and normal controls. The result also indicated a significant positive relationship between social support and self-esteem among caregivers of patients with schizophrenia. The findings indicated the caregivers have poor social support and self-esteem and social support strongly contributes to self-esteem. These caregivers need psychosocial interventions to enhance the overall family environment to have a better adaptive state among families.","PeriodicalId":22689,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Community Health Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Journal of Community Health Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.18231/j.jchm.2023.016","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Caregivers of patients with schizophrenia have an impact on self-esteem and social support due to the nature of the symptoms and the prolonged duration of illness. To assess and compare the social support and self-esteem among caregivers of chronic patients with Schizophrenia. The study was cross-sectional. It was conducted at the outpatient department (OPD) of CIIMHANS, Dewada, Rajnandgoan, Chhattisgarh, India. A total of 100 (50 caregivers of patients with schizophrenia and 50 normal controls) samples were selected through a purposive sampling technique and informed about the study after giving their informed consent. Socio-demographics, PGI Social Support Questionnaire and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were all part of the interview. The study results showed there was a significant difference in social support and self-esteem among caregivers of patients with schizophrenia and normal controls. The result also indicated a significant positive relationship between social support and self-esteem among caregivers of patients with schizophrenia. The findings indicated the caregivers have poor social support and self-esteem and social support strongly contributes to self-esteem. These caregivers need psychosocial interventions to enhance the overall family environment to have a better adaptive state among families.