Predictors of carer-burden in schizophrenia: a five-year follow-up study in Butajira, Ethiopia. 2012

Teshome Shibre, and Germay Medhin, and Solomon Teferra, and Asfaw Wakwoya, and Elsabeth Berhanu, and Abdulreshid Abdulahi, and Atalay Alem, and Abebaw Fekadu
Addis Ababa University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

OBJECTIVE We assessed carer-burden and its predictors in a traditional rural Ethiopian community in order to establish the longitudinal course of carer-burden and factors predicting changes. METHODS Using a 5-year follow-up data from the ongoing Butajira outcome study on SMI, carer-burden was assessed annually with the Family Interview Schedule (FIS). Multilevel modeling was used to identify clinical predictors of severity and rate of change of burden. RESULTS Scores in all domains of carer burden decreased over time, although the greatest reduction was seen in the first year. In a univariate analyses, longitudinal reduction in burden score was predicted by longer period in remission during follow-up, while negative and positive symptom severity scores predicted higher burden score. In the fully adjusted model, poor social support predicted higher burden score (beta=0.38, 95%CI 0.04, 0.72), and longer period in remission predicted lower level of carer-burden (beta = -0.49, 95%CI = -0.89, - 0.10). Reduction in positive symptoms was associated with the instantaneous rate of reduction of burden score (beta = -0.03, 95%CI - 0.05, -0.01). CONCLUSIONS There is a significant reduction in carer-burden over the years in all burden domains. Providing accessible mental health care has the potential to alleviate carer-burden, as positive symptoms are believed to be more amenable to intervention. The study also indicates that remission is associated with reduction in carer-burden.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007407 Interviews as Topic Works about conversations with an individual or individuals held in order to obtain information about their background and other personal biographical data, their attitudes and opinions, etc. It includes works about school admission or job interviews. Group Interviews,Interviewers,Interviews, Telephone,Oral History as Topic,Group Interview,Interview, Group,Interview, Telephone,Interviewer,Interviews, Group,Telephone Interview,Telephone Interviews
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011237 Predictive Value of Tests In screening and diagnostic tests, the probability that a person with a positive test is a true positive (i.e., has the disease), is referred to as the predictive value of a positive test; whereas, the predictive value of a negative test is the probability that the person with a negative test does not have the disease. Predictive value is related to the sensitivity and specificity of the test. Negative Predictive Value,Positive Predictive Value,Predictive Value Of Test,Predictive Values Of Tests,Negative Predictive Values,Positive Predictive Values,Predictive Value, Negative,Predictive Value, Positive
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D011788 Quality of Life A generic concept reflecting concern with the modification and enhancement of life attributes, e.g., physical, political, moral, social environment as well as health and disease. HRQOL,Health-Related Quality Of Life,Life Quality,Health Related Quality Of Life
D011795 Surveys and Questionnaires Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions. Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D005002 Ethiopia An independent state in eastern Africa. Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the north and northeast by Eritrea, on the east by Djibouti and Somalia, on the south by Kenya, and on the west and southwest by Sudan. Its capital is Addis Ababa. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup

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