Abstract
Introduction: Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder which, due to its association to disabilities, has an impact on the life of the patients and on their relatives as well, who often take on the role of informal caregivers. Although the scientific evidence is still limited, caring for a relative with mental disorders can lead to caregiver overload. Family interventions can help in reducing caregiver overloadin the acute phase of the disease and it is of interest to know the effectiveness of the interventions of the Mental Health Specialist Nurse in this context. Objective: To identify the effectiveness of Mental Health Specialist Nurse interventions on overloaded family of the patient with schizophrenia, hospitalized in acute service, when compared with the intervention of generalist nurses. Material and Methods: Literature review, based on articles research in EBSCOhost - Research Databases platform, in English and Portuguese, published between 2000 and 2016. Results: We estimated the effectiveness of family intervention in reducing the objective and subjective overload of relatives of patients with schizophrenia when performed by mental health specialist nurses when compared with interventions by not specialist nurses. Family intervention appeared as a relevant strategy for overload reduction of caregivers of patients with schizophrenia. Conclusion: The family focused intervention should include an educational and supportive approach.
| Translated title of the contribution | Effectiveness of nursing interventions on family overload of people with schizophrenia: literature review |
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| Original language | Portuguese |
| Pages (from-to) | 287-292 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | CuidArte. Enfermagem |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Mental health nursing
- Family interventions
- Burden
- Schizophrenia
- Caregiver