Burden of schizophrenia on caregivers in Nepal.

Schizophrenia is the one of the severest form of psychiatric disorder. The disorder affects not only the patient but the family also. This study is performed to assess the burden faced by care givers of schizophrenic patients. Family burden interview schedule was used in this study. There were forty patients in study, twenty six male and fourteen female. Forty caregivers were interviewed for assessment of burden, among whom thirty were female and ten male. And to compare burden forty care givers of bipolar patients were taken. Female parents were the most usual care givers, with average age of 58.3 years and most of them were housewives. The most burden were in the area of finance and family dynamics and overall burden was moderate.

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