Læknablaðið - 15.02.1991, Síða 35

LÆKNABLAÐIÐ
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aðgerðir bættu ástand sjúklinga þannig að
dvalartími þeirra á geðsjúkrahúsum styttist.
Meðferð og hvers konar stuðningur er þessir
sjúklingar og aðstandendur þeirra fá koma
ekki í veg fyrir margvíslegar þjáningar, bæði
meðal sjúklinganna sjálfra og aðstandenda
þeirra.
SUMMARY
A questionnaire was developed to assess the burden
of illness on patients and their relatives. Forty
hospitalized psychiatric patients and their relatives
were compared with 40 hospitalized non-psychiatric
patients and their relatives.
This paper studies in particular the implications
of psychiatric illnesses compared to somatic
illnesses regarding family functionings and
burdens. Different factors of social support are also
discussed.
The impairment on patients’ relation in general and
in family functioning was greater for psychiatric
patients. No significance was found regarding
feelings of emptiness and loneliness. Almost
one half of relatives of psychiatric patients had
consulted a doctor for their own problems caused
by the patients.
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