Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ()

Relationship between well-being, quality of life and hope in family caregivers of schizophrenic people

  • Patricia Dias Francisquini,
  • Marcos Hirata Soares,
  • Fernanda Pamela Machado,
  • Margarita Antonia Villar Luis,
  • Julia Trevisan Martins

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0359
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 73, no. suppl 1

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ABSTRACT Objective: To measure and correlate the degree of psychological well-being, quality of life, and dispositional hope in family caregivers of schizophrenic people. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study conducted with 117 relatives of schizophrenic people. We applied a questionnaire of sociodemographic variables was applied, and the instruments World Health Organization 5-Item Well-Being (WHO-5), World Health Organization Quality of Life Abbreviated (WHOQOL-Bref), and Dispositional Hope Scale. We used The Kruskal Wallis, Jonckheere-Terpstra, and Spearman correlation tests at the level α <0.05. Results: It was possible to observe statistical significance when comparing schooling and age with Disposal Hope; and when comparing the scales used. Conclusion: The study considered that well-being, quality of life, and hope are variables that negatively influence caregiver burden, suggesting schooling as an inverse correlation variable with Dispositional Hope.

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