Burden Experienced by Family Caregivers of Patients with Mental Disorders
Received 10 May, 2007 |
Accepted 02 Jun, 2008 |
Published 30 Jun, 2008 |
Family caregivers are regarded as backbones of the health care system. This descriptive-analytic research was carried out on a randomized sample of 125 family caregiver in Zahedan Mental Health Center. The data was collected using the Zarit Burden Inventory (ZBI; Zarit, Todd, & Zarit, 1986). 73.6% of family caregivers in this study experienced a moderate to severe level of burden. The study concludes that, professional interventions should be offered especially to those caregivers of patients with mental disorders who experienced moderate to severe level of burden.
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Navidian,
A., Bahari,
F. (2008). Burden Experienced by Family Caregivers of Patients with Mental Disorders. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 23(1-2), 19-28. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=434
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Navidian,
A.; Bahari,
F. Burden Experienced by Family Caregivers of Patients with Mental Disorders. Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2008, 23, 19-28. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=434
AMA Style
Navidian
A, Bahari
F. Burden Experienced by Family Caregivers of Patients with Mental Disorders. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2008; 23(1-2): 19-28. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=434
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Navidian, Ali, and Farshad Bahari.
2008. "Burden Experienced by Family Caregivers of Patients with Mental Disorders" Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 23, no. 1-2: 19-28. https://pjpr.scione.com/cms/abstract.php?id=434

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