Caregivers' burden and schizophrenia patients' quality of life: Sequential mediating effects of expressed emotion and perceived expressed emotion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing attention has been paid to the role of caregivers' burden in affecting quality of life (QoL) of schizophrenic patients. However, less is known about potential mediation mechanisms underlying this relationship. The current study aimed to explore the sequential mediating effect of expressed emotion and perceived expressed emotion on the relationship between care burden and QoL among people with schizophrenia.

Methods

135 Chinese families (one patient and one caregiver) participated in this study. Caregivers reported their care burden and expressed emotion, patients reported their perceived expressed emotion and QoL.

Results

The results of the correlation analysis showed that care burden was negatively related to patients' QoL, including physical, p

SUBMITTER: Wei Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9454947 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature