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

• Main Authors: Patricia Dias Francisquini (Author), Marcos Hirata Soares (Author), Fernanda Pamela Machado (Author), Margarita Antonia Villar Luis (Author), Julia Trevisan Martins (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 0034-7167; 1984-0446; 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0359
• Keywords: cuidador familiar; saúde mental; esquizofrenia; qualidade de vida; esperança de vida; Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Vol 73, Iss suppl 1

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.