Ruhsal Bozuklukları Olan Bireylere Bakım Verenlerde Bilişsel Esneklik, Empatik Eğilim ve Hastalık Yükü

Abstract

This research was conducted with the aim of evaluating empathic tendency, cognitive flexibility level and disease burden of caregivers to individuals with mental problems as a descriptive and cross-sectional study. The research sample is consisted of 45 caregivers who are in-patients, participated voluntarily and met the criteria for involvement in the study between January 2021 and January 2022 in psychiatric service of a university hospital in Ankara. The data of the study was collected face to face and Participant Information Form, Cognitive Flexibility Scale, Empathic Tendency Scale and Disease Burden Scale were used. Descriptive statistics were identified with mean, standard deviation, number and percent. Whether the data followed normal distribution were tested and Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis were used in between-group comparisons as it didn’t follow normal distribution. Spearman’s Correlation test was used for correlating the data. Statistical significance was taken as p ≤ 0.05. 
 As a result; it was seen that cognitive flexibility and empathy were associated with disease burden in caregivers to individuals with mental problems.