{"product_id":"burden-among-caregivers-of-patients-helal-uddin-ahmed-9783656551669","title":"Burden among Caregivers of Patients with Mood Disorders: Caregivers Burden: A Study from Bangladesh","description":"Scientific Study from the year 2011 in the subject Psychology - Clinical Psychology, Psychopathology, Prevention, grade: 75%, course: MD (Doctor of Medicine) in Psychiatry, language: English, abstract: Mood disorders impose a significant burden on a personal, medical and socioeconomic level of the caregivers. It is observed in Bangladesh that in almost all sort of patient with psychiatric illness including mood disorders depend on the care of their family members. It is a common practice and convention that every patient needs a compulsory whole time caregiver from their family during his or her hospital stay, especially in public hospitals. The objectives of this study are to determine the level of burden of caregivers of patients with mood disorders attended in a tertiary care hospital and to identify the possible association of duration, type of mood disorders, and the socio demographic variables on the burden of caregivers. This was a cross sectional, analytical and descriptive study done in a tertiary care hospital located in Dhaka, city. Sample size was 95. The SCID-I applied on the subjects and they diagnosed mood disorders according the Axis I diagnosis of DSM IV. Caregiver's burden was assessed by using the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI). It was found the positive relationship with the disease duration and caregiver burden level (p=0.000). The duration of providing care also significant (p=0.000) with the higher level of burden. Caregivers occupation influenced to the higher burden level p=0.047). Among the patients 44.2% diagnosed Major Depressive Disorder, 43.1% Bipolar Mood Disorder (Manic), 7.4% Bipolar Mood Disorder (Depressive) and 5.3% diagnosed Dysthymic Disorder. The caregiver from nuclear family (74.7%) felt higher degree burden than caregivers from joint family (24.3%). The family type and burden level bound significant relationship (p=0.013). Regarding the burden level 54.8% caregiver possessed severe burden, 24.2% moderate to severe burden,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helal Uddin Ahmed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3656551669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783656551669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grin Verlag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.25d","brand":"Helal Uddin Ahmed","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47244295274751,"sku":"9783656551669","price":67.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b54f7da-7540-4f88-811c-2780c7067706.jpg?v=1758135398","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/burden-among-caregivers-of-patients-helal-uddin-ahmed-9783656551669","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}