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

Sayed Ewais, Hanaa; Abo Bakr Osman, Omayma; Mohamed Fahmy, Afaf; Ezzat Mahmoued, Omaima

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2021.191671

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

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Clinical instructor, Faculty of Nursing, Bani Suief University

² Professor of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Ain Shams University

³ Assistant professor of Psychiatric /Mental Health Nursing, Ain Shams University

⁴ Lecturer of Psychiatric/ Mental Health Nursing, Beni-Suef University

10.21608/ejhc.2021.191671

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

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