Depression in Primary Caregivers of Schizophrenia Patients in Sichomphu District, KhonKaen Province

Abstract

This Cross sectional study research aimed to study Depression and factors affecting the depression risk in Primary Caregivers of Schizophrenia Patients in Sichomphu District, KhonKaen Province. The samples were 120 elderlies. The conducted during 20 December 2020 – 30 April 2021. The tool of this study was the were 2Q depression screening questionnaire, 9Q depression evaluation questionnaire, 8Q suicidal evaluation questionnaire. Collecting data by evaluation from and analyzed by frequency, percentage and chi-squre.

                The result following: This research aimed to study Depression in Primary Caregivers of Schizophrenia Patients in Sichomphu District, KhonKaen Province were found most of the samples were female (75%), average of age are 56 years. Form screening with 2Q, we found 29 persons (24.2%) with depression risk. From 9Q, 7 (5.9%) people at risk of depression were found. four significant factors affecting the depression risk were patient’s history of violence, patients using drugs, patients current symptoms and feeling of the other towards the patients