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SynthesisSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2019

Positive and negative impacts of schizophrenia on family caregivers: a systematic review and qualitative meta-summary.

Nao Shiraishi, Jacqueline Reilly

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Synthesis in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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62 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 143 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nao ShiraishiDepartment of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan. nao-shiraishi@umin.ac.jp.
Jacqueline ReillyDepartment of Public Health, University of Glasgow, 1 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, UK.
Mizuho (Japan) · JPUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeSchizophrenia places a heavy burden on the individual with the disorder, as well as on his or her family; this burden continues over the long course of the disease. This study aimed to provide an overview of the positive and negative impacts of schizophrenia on family caregivers.

methodsFrom April to June 2017, two investigators conducted a systematic review and meta-summary of studies obtained from five electronic databases and the footnotes and citations of eligible studies. Qualitative studies that explored the experiences of family caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia were included. Study findings published between 1993 and 2017 were extracted and synthesised using narrative and summative approaches.

resultsAfter the removal of duplicates, independent reviewers screened 864 records. Subsequently, 46 full-text articles were assessed for eligibility and 23 papers were included in the synthesis. Negative impacts identified were traumatic experiences, loss of expectation of life and health, lack of personal and social resources, uncertainty and unpredictability, family disruption, conflict in interpersonal relationships, difficulty in understanding, and stigma and heredity. Meanwhile, the positive impacts identified were family solidarity, admiration, affirmation, affection, compassion, learning knowledge and skills, self-confidence, personal growth, and appreciation.

conclusionsAnalysis of the studies suggested that family members of individuals with schizophrenia face a series of traumatic situations during the course of the illness. Their subsequent experiences can be conceptualised as a continuous circle of caregiving, in which the positive impacts can be centrally positioned within the negative impacts.

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EmpathySchizophreniaCaregiversFamilyHumansSocial StigmaCaregiver benefitsCaregiver burdenCaregiving processMandalaQualitative synthesis

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