Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: July | Volume: 6 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 457-460
Comparison of Depression and Resilience among the Caretakers of Patients with Schizophrenia and Depression
Rameshwar S Manhas1, Gaurav S Manhas2, Angli Manhas3, Jagdish R Thappa4, Rukhsana Akhter5
1Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Jammu, J&K, India.
2Resident Scholar, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College Jammu, J&K, India.
3Senior Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College Jammu, J&K, India.
4 Prof & HOD, Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Jammu, J&K, India.
5MA in Psychology, Intern, Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Jammu, J&K, India.
Corresponding Author: Gaurav S Manhas
ABSTRACT
Background: Schizophrenia and depression are two different types of psychiatric illness with different kind of clinical features, requires different type of care from caretakers and produces different levels of stress among their caretakers. Quality of life is low whereas burden of care and financial difficulties are high among the caretakers of schizophrenia when compared to depressive illnesses
Aims: To compare depression and resilience among the caretakers of patients with schizophrenia and depression.
Materials & Methods: The present study was a comparative study which was conducted over a period of 2 months and involved caretakers of patients with schizophrenia and depression who were receiving services at outpatient department of Government Psychiatric Diseases Hospital, Jammu, J&K. The caretakers were assessed by using HAM-D Scale and 25 Item Resilience Scale.
Results: Mean HAMD score of caretakers of patients with schizophrenia was 16.37 (±8.68) whereas the mean HAMD score of caretakers of patients with depression was 14.92 (±7.96). The difference between the mean HAMD of the two groups was statistically highly significant. Mean resilience score of caretakers of schizophrenia patients was 119.83 (±25.10) and that of caretakers of patients with depression was 118.08 (±24.73). The difference between the mean resilience score of the two groups was also statistically highly significant.
Conclusion: From present study, it has been concluded that both depression and resilience are higher among caretakers of patients with schizophrenia as compared to caretakers of patients with depressive disorder. However very little research is available regarding this, hence more research is recommended.
Key words: Caretaker, Depression, Schizophrenia, Resilience, HAMD Score.
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