Mental health and caregiving experiences of family carers supporting people with psychosis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Family carers supporting an individual with psychosis often experience poorer mental health, however, little is known about specific risk factors among these carers. We investigated the associations between demographic, caregiving characteristics and mental health outcomes in family carers supporting an individual with psychosis and compared carers' outcomes with general population norms.

Methods

We analysed baseline data from the COPe-support randomised controlled trial of online psychoeducation and peer support for adult carers supporting an individual with psychosis between 2018 and 2020. We collected carers' demographic and health outcome data, including wellbeing using Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS as primary outcome), quality of life using EQ-5D

SUBMITTER: Sin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7116786 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature