استعرض مصدر Burden of care on female caregivers and its relation to psychiatric morbidity

==Materials and methods==
This study included 300 female caregivers (wife or mother) with 150 caring for
patients suffering from a psychiatric illness and 150 looking after individuals suffering
from a chronic physical illness. No male caregivers were included as culturally men are
expected to be the breadwinners and if they have to provide care, this is likely to be as
part time as most of their time would be dedicated for working outside home. This
could provide men with an alternative time for ventilation or an outlet, which may bias
the study results. Samples for the study were taken from the attendees of the
outpatient clinics, University Hospital, Al-Azhar Faculty of Medicine, New Damietta, in
the period 1 June 2007 to 31 May 2008. An approval was obtained from the ethics
and scientific committee and informed consent was obtained from the individuals. All
caregivers were assessed as follows: the Semistructured Clinical Interview using the
diagnostic criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical manual IV Text Revised (American
Psychiatric Association), the Caregiver Strain Index, and Zarit Burden Interview (all
these were translated, validated, culturally compatible, and doctor rated).