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Purpose <p>Family caregivers are often faced with unpredictable stressors and strange behaviors of patient they care for. External stresses such as negative attitude of society or stigma, sense of discrimination or isolation, and lack of support are also among challenges they face. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between mental health literacy, care burden and emotional styles in family caregivers of people with mental disorders.</p> Methods <p>This descriptive correlational study was conducted in 2023 on 215 caregivers of patients with mental disorders who had been selected from 4 psychiatric hospitals in Tehran, Iran by quota sampling method. Data collection took place from January to February 2023. Mental Health Literacy Scale, Care Burden Inventory and Affective Style Questionnaire were used to collect data. Descriptive tests, Pearson correlation coefficient, and polynomial logistic regression were used for data analysis through SPSS-22 software.</p> Results <p>The mean score of mental health literacy was 64.62 ± 19.06 among the participants, which was at moderate level. The mean score of care burden was 93.38 ± 14.15 and the dominant emotional style of family caregivers was concealing (42.8%). Mental health literacy had a significant and negative relationship with care burden (<i>r</i>=-0.816). The mean score of burnout among the caregivers who had concealing emotional style was 3.837 points higher than those with adjusting emotional style (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.001). In terms of gender distribution, results showed that female caregivers were experiencing higher level of care burden (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.001).</p> Conclusion <p>Results showed that mental health literacy had an inverse relationship with care burden. Also, there was no significant relationship between the level of mental health literacy and emotional styles. As the findings showed, caregivers who had a concealing emotional style were experiencing higher level of care burden than caregivers with an adjusting emotional style. Therefore, it seems that in order to reduce care burden in the caregivers of mentally ill patients, programs should be implemented to increase their mental health literacy.</p>

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Investigating the relationship between mental health literacy, care burden and emotional styles in family caregivers of people with mental disorders

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    2025年8月19日

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  • Ahmad Reza Razmjoo,
  • Jamileh Mohtashami,
  • Fatemeh Sadat Seyed Nematollah Roshan

摘要

Purpose

Family caregivers are often faced with unpredictable stressors and strange behaviors of patient they care for. External stresses such as negative attitude of society or stigma, sense of discrimination or isolation, and lack of support are also among challenges they face. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between mental health literacy, care burden and emotional styles in family caregivers of people with mental disorders.

Methods

This descriptive correlational study was conducted in 2023 on 215 caregivers of patients with mental disorders who had been selected from 4 psychiatric hospitals in Tehran, Iran by quota sampling method. Data collection took place from January to February 2023. Mental Health Literacy Scale, Care Burden Inventory and Affective Style Questionnaire were used to collect data. Descriptive tests, Pearson correlation coefficient, and polynomial logistic regression were used for data analysis through SPSS-22 software.

Results

The mean score of mental health literacy was 64.62 ± 19.06 among the participants, which was at moderate level. The mean score of care burden was 93.38 ± 14.15 and the dominant emotional style of family caregivers was concealing (42.8%). Mental health literacy had a significant and negative relationship with care burden (r=-0.816). The mean score of burnout among the caregivers who had concealing emotional style was 3.837 points higher than those with adjusting emotional style (p < 0.001). In terms of gender distribution, results showed that female caregivers were experiencing higher level of care burden (p < 0.001).

Conclusion

Results showed that mental health literacy had an inverse relationship with care burden. Also, there was no significant relationship between the level of mental health literacy and emotional styles. As the findings showed, caregivers who had a concealing emotional style were experiencing higher level of care burden than caregivers with an adjusting emotional style. Therefore, it seems that in order to reduce care burden in the caregivers of mentally ill patients, programs should be implemented to increase their mental health literacy.