The comparative study of quality of life among working women and homemakers taking care of psychiatric patients presenting in a tertiary care hospital, Patna

Background: In India, women are twice more likely to become caregivers than men. The quality of life (QOL) is the ability level to which an individual is healthy and able to enjoy life. Aims and Objective: To assess and compare QOL among homemaker women and working women giving care to patients s...

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Autores principales:	Vivek Pratap Singh, Alka Puria, Abhishek Pratap Singh, Narendra Pratap Singh, Ekram Goyal
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Publicado:	Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara 2021
Materias:	quality of life index caregiver world health organization-quality of life-bref working women homemaker Medicine R
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v12i12.40244 https://doaj.org/article/60a09c7f84144297b9bf483a437049a9
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:60a09c7f84144297b9bf483a437049a92021-12-02T00:28:24ZThe comparative study of quality of life among working women and homemakers taking care of psychiatric patients presenting in a tertiary care hospital, Patnahttps://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v12i12.402442467-91002091-0576https://doaj.org/article/60a09c7f84144297b9bf483a437049a92021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/40244https://doaj.org/toc/2467-9100https://doaj.org/toc/2091-0576Background: In India, women are twice more likely to become caregivers than men. The quality of life (QOL) is the ability level to which an individual is healthy and able to enjoy life. Aims and Objective: To assess and compare QOL among homemaker women and working women giving care to patients suffering from psychiatric illnesses. Materials and Methods: This hospital-based, cross-sectional study was conducted on the caregivers who were recruited from out-door patient department of Psychiatry department of Patna Medical College and Hospital, Patna from January 1, 2021, to June 31, 2021. Women who were 30–55 years old, working or homemakers, and who were taking care of psychiatric patients diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Bipolar affective disorder of either sex. Caregivers were first degree relatives of patients. The estimated sample size was 140 (Group 1=70 homemaker women and Group 2=70 working women). Sociodemographic data were recorded using Sociodemographic Performa 1 and QOL was assessed using World Health Organization (WHO)-QoL-BREF. Results: WHO-QOL domain mean score for physical, psychological, social, and environmental of Group 1 was 12.42, 11.60, 12.24, 12.62 whereas 14.46, 13.28, 11.28, and 12.28 of Group 2 with statistically significant difference (P<0.05). Conclusion: In physical and psychological domain of QoL, working women scores were better than homemakers. QOL in working women caregivers was better than homemakers’ caregivers in social and environmental domains but statistically non-significant.Vivek Pratap Singh Alka Puria Abhishek Pratap Singh Narendra Pratap Singh Ekram Goyal Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokharaarticlequality of life indexcaregiverworld health organization-quality of life-brefworking womenhomemakerMedicineRENAsian Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol 12, Iss 12, Pp 167-172 (2021)
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spellingShingle	quality of life index caregiver world health organization-quality of life-bref working women homemaker Medicine R Vivek Pratap Singh Alka Puria Abhishek Pratap Singh Narendra Pratap Singh Ekram Goyal The comparative study of quality of life among working women and homemakers taking care of psychiatric patients presenting in a tertiary care hospital, Patna
description	Background: In India, women are twice more likely to become caregivers than men. The quality of life (QOL) is the ability level to which an individual is healthy and able to enjoy life. Aims and Objective: To assess and compare QOL among homemaker women and working women giving care to patients suffering from psychiatric illnesses. Materials and Methods: This hospital-based, cross-sectional study was conducted on the caregivers who were recruited from out-door patient department of Psychiatry department of Patna Medical College and Hospital, Patna from January 1, 2021, to June 31, 2021. Women who were 30–55 years old, working or homemakers, and who were taking care of psychiatric patients diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Bipolar affective disorder of either sex. Caregivers were first degree relatives of patients. The estimated sample size was 140 (Group 1=70 homemaker women and Group 2=70 working women). Sociodemographic data were recorded using Sociodemographic Performa 1 and QOL was assessed using World Health Organization (WHO)-QoL-BREF. Results: WHO-QOL domain mean score for physical, psychological, social, and environmental of Group 1 was 12.42, 11.60, 12.24, 12.62 whereas 14.46, 13.28, 11.28, and 12.28 of Group 2 with statistically significant difference (P<0.05). Conclusion: In physical and psychological domain of QoL, working women scores were better than homemakers. QOL in working women caregivers was better than homemakers’ caregivers in social and environmental domains but statistically non-significant.
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author	Vivek Pratap Singh Alka Puria Abhishek Pratap Singh Narendra Pratap Singh Ekram Goyal
author_facet	Vivek Pratap Singh Alka Puria Abhishek Pratap Singh Narendra Pratap Singh Ekram Goyal
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title	The comparative study of quality of life among working women and homemakers taking care of psychiatric patients presenting in a tertiary care hospital, Patna
title_short	The comparative study of quality of life among working women and homemakers taking care of psychiatric patients presenting in a tertiary care hospital, Patna
title_full	The comparative study of quality of life among working women and homemakers taking care of psychiatric patients presenting in a tertiary care hospital, Patna
title_fullStr	The comparative study of quality of life among working women and homemakers taking care of psychiatric patients presenting in a tertiary care hospital, Patna
title_full_unstemmed	The comparative study of quality of life among working women and homemakers taking care of psychiatric patients presenting in a tertiary care hospital, Patna
title_sort	comparative study of quality of life among working women and homemakers taking care of psychiatric patients presenting in a tertiary care hospital, patna
publisher	Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara
publishDate	2021
url	https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v12i12.40244 https://doaj.org/article/60a09c7f84144297b9bf483a437049a9
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The comparative study of quality of life among working women and homemakers taking care of psychiatric patients presenting in a tertiary care hospital, Patna

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