Burden and coping styles among caregivers of patients with major mental disorders and hypertension attending a Nigerian tertiary hospital

Assessment of burden and coping strategies among caregivers of cancer patients in sub-Saharan Africa

“…Thus, the more effective the coping strategies, the lesser the burden. These results were similarly documented by Osundina et al [ 42 ] where a number of coping styles were identified including appreciation, emotional support, acceptance, planning, suppression, mental disengagement, religious coping, etc. Coping strategies are designed to motivate and encourage caregivers in providing care to cancer patients despite the challenges they often encounter.…”

“…As shown in Table 4 , caregivers with effective coping strategies can diminish their level of burden. This finding contradicts a Nigerian study where the relationship between level of burden and caregivers’ coping strategies was not statistically significant[ 42 ].…”

“…The coping styles highlighted in Table 2 were analyzed using the COPE inventory which is often used to assess the psycho-social characteristics of caregiving and other stressful events experienced by individuals (Osundina et al [ 42 ], 2017). The coping strategies were then categorized into two parts: Problem-focused coping strategies (acceptance, appreciation and reprioritization) and emotion-focused coping strategies (family, positive self-view and empathy) (Table 2 ).…”

“…In Nigeria, it has been reported that family members often serve as informal caregivers mostly at home to their relatives with chronic health conditions during the management, treatment and recovery process[ 2 , 42 ]. However, this role of caregiving consequently places a huge demand on the caregivers’ social, financial and personal resources which becomes onerous.…”

“…, emotion-focused vs problem-focused coping; approach vs avoidance) are related to cultural context. Osundina et al [ 42 ] found no statistically significant relationship between burden and coping styles among schizophrenic family caregivers. Grover et al [ 4 ] also argued that caregivers’ coping strategies can directly or indirectly influence patient health outcomes.…”