Family achievements in struggling with schizophrenia: life experiences in a qualitative content analysis study in Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The challenges of living with and taking care of a patient with schizophrenia can lead to positive changes depending on the experiences and reactions of family caregivers. Such changes may directly affect the family performance and the patient's recovery stage. Present study aimed to explain the positive experiences reported by family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia.

Methods

The present study is a qualitative study of content analysis. Data were collected using semi-structured and in-depth interviews with 15 family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia referring to one of the psychiatric hospitals in Zahedan, Southeast part of Iran. Purposive sampling method was applied and data analysis was conducted using conventional content analysis proposed by G

SUBMITTER: Darban F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7786938 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature