Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 27 No. 3, 2015.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
BURDEN OF CARE AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN RELATIVES OF OPIOID DEPENDENT MALE SUBJECTS
Erdinc Cicek
; Department of Psychiatry, Çumra State Hospital, Konya, Turkey
Başak Demirel
; Department of Psychiatry, Research and Training Hospital, Konya, Turkey
Halil Ibrahim Ozturk
; Department of Psychiatry, Research and Training Hospital, Konya, Turkey
Fatih Kayhan
; Department of Psychiatry, University of Mevlana, Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey
Ismet Esra Cicek
; Department of Psychiatry, Research and Training Hospital, Konya, Turkey
Ibrahim Eren
; Department of Psychiatry, Research and Training Hospital, Konya, Turkey
Sažetak
Background: The aim of this study was to compare the quality of life (QoL) and family burden in relatives of patients with heroin
dependence with that of healthy controls.
Subjects and methods: A total of 50 heroin dependent patients and 50 of their relatives and 50 healthy subjects and 50 of their
relatives were included in the study. The Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(SCID-I) was used to determine the heroin dependence and other Axis I psychiatric disorders. Family burden and QoL levels in the
relatives were assessed with the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) protocol and the World Health Organization Quality of Life
Assessment-Brief (WHOQOL-BREF), respectively.
Results: There were no significant differences in demographic characteristics between the groups. When compared with healthy
controls, family members of heroin dependence patients had significantly higher ZBI scores and significantly lower all subscale
scores of the WHOQOL-BREF. ZBI score was positively correlated with duration of the illness. All WHOQOL-BREF subscale scores
were negatively correlated with duration of the illness.
Conclusions: The study suggests that heroin dependence not only affects the lives of patients but also the lives of their family
members. Heroin dependence leads to high burden on the family and also impairs the QoL of relatives.
Ključne riječi
heroin – family - quality of life - burden
Hrčak ID:
162478
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Datum izdavanja:
23.9.2015.
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