Expressed Emotion and Burdens of Care among Family Caregiver's of Patients with Dementia
Sayed Ewais, H., Abo Bakr Osman, O., Mohamed Fahmy, A., Ezzat mahmoued, O. (2021). Expressed Emotion and Burdens of Care among Family Caregiver's of Patients with Dementia. EKB Journal Management System, 12(3), 764-780. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.191671
Hanaa Sayed Ewais; Omayma Abo Bakr Osman; Afaf Mohamed Fahmy; Omaima Ezzat mahmoued. "Expressed Emotion and Burdens of Care among Family Caregiver's of Patients with Dementia". EKB Journal Management System, 12, 3, 2021, 764-780. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.191671
Sayed Ewais, H., Abo Bakr Osman, O., Mohamed Fahmy, A., Ezzat mahmoued, O. (2021). 'Expressed Emotion and Burdens of Care among Family Caregiver's of Patients with Dementia', EKB Journal Management System, 12(3), pp. 764-780. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.191671
Sayed Ewais, H., Abo Bakr Osman, O., Mohamed Fahmy, A., Ezzat mahmoued, O. Expressed Emotion and Burdens of Care among Family Caregiver's of Patients with Dementia. EKB Journal Management System, 2021; 12(3): 764-780. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.191671

Expressed Emotion and Burdens of Care among Family Caregiver's of Patients with Dementia

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Article 46, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2021, Page 764-780  XML PDF (450.96 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.191671
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Authors
Hanaa Sayed Ewais1; Omayma Abo Bakr Osman2; Afaf Mohamed Fahmy3; Omaima Ezzat mahmoued4
1Clinical instructor, Faculty of Nursing, Bani Suief University
2Professor of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Ain Shams University
3Assistant professor of Psychiatric /Mental Health Nursing, Ain Shams University
4Lecturer of Psychiatric/ Mental Health Nursing, Beni-Suef University
Abstract
Background: Family caregivers of people with dementia face many problems as,
stress, depression, anxiety and high level of burdens related to caregiving .The permanent
burdens of caregiving is likely to generate negative expressed emotion toward the patient.
Aim: the study aimed to assess the expressed emotion and burdens among family caregivers
of patients with dementia. Study design: a descriptive study design was utilized to conduct
this study. Setting: this study was conducted at the neuropsychiatric clinic at Beni-suef
psychiatric hospital. Subject: convenient sample of 50 family caregiver's, admitted to the
previously mentioned settings was recruited for conducting this study. Data collection tools:
1) socio-demographic questionnaire for patients with dementia and their family caregiver's. 2)
expressed emotions scale. 3) Zarit burden scale .Results: the present study revealed that
there was a higher level in expressed emotion and burdens among family caregivers. In
addition, there were highly statistically significant positive correlations between caregiver's
total expressed emotion and total burdens score. Conclusion: In the light of the current study,
it can be concluded that family caregivers of patient with dementia had high level of
expressed emotion and burdens. Recommendations: Designing a systematically continuous
family intervention programs in psychiatric hospitals to provide proper information and
psychological support that help the family caregivers to improve their understanding of the
disorder, handle difficult thoughts
and emotions, reduce negative expressed emotion and
reduce sense of burden
Keywords
Expressed emotion; Burdens; Dementia
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