NCT00670371

Factors of Importance for the Subjective and Objective Burden of Informal Caregivers to Patients With Functional Psychoses - a Descriptive and Comparative Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: AstraZeneca · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective is to find determinants for the subjective and objective burden of informal caregivers to patients who are requiring continued antipsychotic treatment for functional psychoses among factors related to the patient, the health care and support provision system and the informal caregiver him/her-self.

Detailed description

The study also comprises a descriptive part with the aim: * To describe clinical characteristics, symptoms, and functioning in the patient group. * To describe patient resource use in terms of support from the health care and social care sector. * To describe the socio-economic situation, the general and psychological health, and the coping ability of the informal caregivers.

Conditions

• Functional Psychoses
• Informal Caregivers

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-03-01
• Completion: 2009-11-01
• First posted: 2008-05-01
• Last updated: 2009-11-25

Locations

9 sites across 1 country: Sweden