Abstract

JAEN VARAS, Denisse Claudia; CALLISAYA QUISPECAHUANA, Emma Wilma  and  QUISBERT GUTIERREZ, Hans F.. ASSESSMENT OF THE BURDEN FAMILY IN CAREGIVERS OF PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA OF THE PSYCHIATRY HOSPITAL. Rev. Méd. La Paz [online]. 2012, vol.18, n.2, pp.21-26. ISSN 1726-8958.

Objective. To analyze the concept and to know the characteristics of the informal caregiver. Material and Methods. The present study of quantitative, descriptive type and of cross section, with the population that demands medical assistance of the Hospital of Psychiatry "Dr. Jose Maria Alvarado", employee of Caja Nacional de Salud, from La Paz, Bolivia. The interview of objective and subjective familiar load was used (ECFOS). The ECFOS has been developed based on "The Family Burden Interview Schedule-Short Form" (FBIS/SF). Results. In general the profile of the caregiver is that of a woman (84.2%), of around 60 years of age. Normally mother of the patient (72.5%), who does not work, spends more than 4 hours a day with the patient (75%), claims to maintain a good relation with the patient and who does not think that the patient is a Negative load neither for her nor for her family. Conclusions. Interventions with the relatives of the schizophrenic patients should be effected. The programs of familiar psycho education should be incorporated, since they have proven efficient to prevent relapses and to reduce the familiar tensión.

Keywords : informal caregiver; family burden; psycho education and schizophrenia.