정신병환자 가족의 걱정에 관한 조사 = Family's Burden of Psychotic in-Patient

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Opinions about the family burden of psychotic in-patient were collected from 207 caretakers of psychotic in-patient admitted to the Seoul National Mental Hospital from December 1989 to February 1990 through individual informal interview.
Each respondent was asked to varbalize initially all the worries concerning the patients. and their care and then to choose two serious worries among them.
Form these opinions, the authors tried to identify the family burden of psychotic in-patient and the relevance between family burden and demographic variables. and to discuss the issues arising from this investigation.
The results were as follows :
1) The caretaker's worries could be classified into six areas.
“The future and outcome” of the patient was the most frequent worrying area. being 64.3%. The worry about “Family was 45.4% ; Care and support”.42.5% : “Mental health support”. 14.5% ; “Shame and stigma”. 12.6% ; “Neighborhood”. 4.8%.
2) The parents worried much more about “The future and outcome” of the patient whereas the spouse and the siblings worried more about “Family” and the offsprings worried about “Neighborhood”. especially.
The caretakers who inhabit in the metropolis worried more about “Care and support” and worried especially about “care and responsibility” among the “Care and supports” area while the caretakers in the other areas worried more about “Neighborhood ” and worried especially about “financial burden” among the“Care and support” area.
The caretakers of the famale patient worried more about “everyday life of patients” among “The future and outcome area”.
The higher the education level of the caretakers. the more they worried about “future of patient” among “The future and outcome” area and “influence on offspring” among the “Family” area.
Male caretakers worried more about “drug” while female caretakers worried more about “policy and institution” among the “Mental health supports area”.
There were three problems regarding family's burden of psychotic in-patient : Caretaker's loading in all areas : Caretaker's devastated emotion by the long-standing burden ; A lack of helpers.