Role of Family Caregivers' Expressed Emotion on Recovery of Patients with Bipolar Disorders | ||||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 37, Issue 2, May 2025 PDF (1.46 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2025.434610 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Maryam Magdy1; Essmat Mohamed Gemeay2; Souzan Abd Elmenem Abd El- Ghafar Harfush3 | ||||
| 1Demonstrator of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University. | ||||
| 2Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Bipolar disorder is a chronic condition that disturbs the patient's life and family stability, making the work of caregivers more demanding and stressful. Family caregivers are crucial to the support and rehabilitation of people with bipolar illnesses. An expanding body of evidence indicates that expressed emotion (EE) significantly influences the progression of bipolar disorder. Aim: assess the role of family caregivers’ expressed emotion on recovery of patients with bipolar disorders. Design: A descriptive correlational design. Setting: The inpatient psychiatric department of Tanta University Hospital. Subjects: A Convenience sampling of 110 family caregivers and their patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Tools: Tool I: Part 1: Patient's and family caregivers bio-sociodemographic data, Part 2: Level of Expressed Emotions scale. Tool II: Recovery Assessment Scale Domains and Stages (RAS-DS). Results: The study found that there was a statistically significant negative correlation between total expressed emotion of family caregivers and total recovery of patients with bipolar disorders. Conclusion: Enhancing family expressed emotion by reducing criticism, hostility toward patients, over-involvement, and providing emotional support can improve communication and interrelationship within the family leading to improved overall recovery prospects. Recommendation: Family expressed emotion intervention emphasizing the enhancement of communication patterns and caregiver attitudes toward patients with bipolar disorder is necessary. | ||||
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