The Effect of Psychoeducation Therapy on Burnout Level of Caregivers in Schizophrenia

Abstract

Schizophrenia is one of chronic diseases where sufferers need other people to provide assistance in fulfilling their lives and caring them. Carrying out the role as a caregiver for person with schizophrenia brings various demands and tasks related to caring the sufferers besides also doing their own individual tasks. These demands are likely to be a source of conflict that can cause tension and pressure which lead to anxiety, stress, frustration, psychological exhaustion, depression, and even burnout. One of the efforts that can be done to treat or prevent burnout in caregivers of persons with schizophrenia is psychoeducation therapy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of psychoeducation therapy on burnout level of caregivers in schizophrenia. The method used in this study was quasi-experimental model with pretest-posttest control group design with one treatment and one group time series design in the intervention group. Before and after being given the treatment of psychoeducation therapy, burnout level of caregivers in schizophrenia in both intervention and control groups was measured using Maslach Burnout Inventor-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) which consist of 22 questions. Total sample size of this study were 16 respondents in each group. Comparative analysis using Wilcoxon test resulted in p-value=0.0002 which means that there were differences in caregivers burnout level before and after psychoeducation treatment was given to intervention group. Comparing differences using The Mann Whitney U test resulted in p-value=0.0000. In other words, there were differences in caregivers burnout level between intervention group and control group after intervention was performed. Thus, it can be concluded that psychoeducation was effective in reducing burnout level of caregivers for person with schizophrenia in Kersamanah village, Garut regency