Objective:
To explore the relationship of
social support to
patients with
schizophrenia,
family burden with
patients'
quality of life and
family life satisfaction.
Methods:
Multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling was used to select 358
patients with
schizophrenia and 358
patients'
family members in Gansu Province
who met the inclusion criteria were included. The
Social Support Rating Scale,
Family Burden Scale,
Satisfaction with
Life Scale and
Quality of Life Scale were used in the
survey. AMOS 24.0 was used to explore the pathway of influence of
family burden on
social support to
patients with
schizophrenia,
patients'
quality of life and
patients'
family life satisfaction.
Results:
There was a two-by-two significant correlation between
patients' access to
social support,
family burden,
patients'
life quality and
family life satisfaction (P<0.05), and the total score of the
social support scale negatively predicted the total score of the
life quality scale (β=-0.28, P<0.05) and positively predicted the total score of the
life satisfaction scale (β=0.52, P<0.05).
Family burden was a full mediator between the
social support to the
patient and the
patient's
quality of life, and as a partial mediator between the
social support to the
patient and the
family's
life satisfaction.
Conclusions:
Social support to people with
schizophrenia is a significant predictor of their
quality of life and
family life satisfaction.
Family burden mediates the relationship of
social support to
patients with their
quality of life and
family life satisfaction. Interventions can focus on increasing
social support for the
patient and reducing the burden on the
patient's
family to improve the
patient's
quality of life and increase the
satisfaction of the
patient's
family.