TY - JOUR
T1 - Coping strategies in Aymara caregivers of patients with schizophrenia
AU - Caqueo-Urízar, Alejandra
AU - Gutieírez-Maldonado, José
AU - Ferrer-García, Marta
AU - Miranda-Castillo, Claudia
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This research was funded by Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico FONDECYT Project 11075102 by the Chilean Government. We thank Mariela Cortés and Daniela Torres for their assistance in this research.
PY - 2012/6/1
Y1 - 2012/6/1
N2 - Deinstitutionalization has forced families of patients with schizophrenia to take responsibility of informal care, without having the tools to exert their role properly. The aim of this study was to evaluate the coping strategies of caregivers of patients with schizophrenia, belonging to the Aymara ethnic group, (aborigines who are located on the highlands of Northern Chile). The studied sample comprised 45 caregivers of patients with schizophrenia users of the Mental Health Service of Arica, Chile. The results from the Family Coping Questionnaire (FCQ) show that both, Aymara and non-Aymara caregivers use the same coping strategies except for spiritual help which is more likely to be used by Aymara. This strategy might be related with the worldview they possess, thus the relation with the deities has a meaningful importance in the way of explaining and coping with different phenomena.
AB - Deinstitutionalization has forced families of patients with schizophrenia to take responsibility of informal care, without having the tools to exert their role properly. The aim of this study was to evaluate the coping strategies of caregivers of patients with schizophrenia, belonging to the Aymara ethnic group, (aborigines who are located on the highlands of Northern Chile). The studied sample comprised 45 caregivers of patients with schizophrenia users of the Mental Health Service of Arica, Chile. The results from the Family Coping Questionnaire (FCQ) show that both, Aymara and non-Aymara caregivers use the same coping strategies except for spiritual help which is more likely to be used by Aymara. This strategy might be related with the worldview they possess, thus the relation with the deities has a meaningful importance in the way of explaining and coping with different phenomena.
KW - Aymara
KW - Caregivers
KW - Coping strategies
KW - Schizophrenia
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U2 - 10.1007/s10903-011-9563-5
DO - 10.1007/s10903-011-9563-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 22198061
AN - SCOPUS:84860824951
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 14
SP - 497
EP - 501
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 3
ER -
