title: Religion involvement and quality of life in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in Latin-America.
abstract: The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between religious involvement (RI) and quality of life (QoL) in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia, while adjusting for key confounding factors such as socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. This study was conducted in the public mental health services in Bolivia, Peru and Chile. The data collected included RI, socio-demographic information, clinical characteristic of the patients and caregiver's QoL using the S-CGQoL questionnaire. A multivariate analysis using multiple linear regressions was performed to determine variables potentially associated with QoL levels. Two hundred and fifty-three patients with their caregivers participated in the study. Caregivers' RI was not significantly associated with overall QoL nor its individual components. The only exception was an unexpected modest inverse association between RI and one QoL dimension (psychological and physical well-being). In contrast, the following caregivers' socio-cultural and economic factors were significantly associated with low QoL level of caregivers: being a mother, identifying with Aymara ethnicity and having lower family income. Among patients, the clinical characteristics of being woman, younger, and having lower age of onset and more severe symptoms was associated with lower QoL. Our study found that socio-cultural, economic and clinical factors were associated with caregivers' QoL.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Tarapacá, Avenida 18 de Septiembre, 2222 Arica, Chile; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: acaqueo@uta.cl.
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caqueo-Urízar
authors.affiliation: Assistance publique des hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital de la Conception, Pôle psychiatrie centre, 13005 Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille Univ, EA 3279 - Public Health, Chronic Diseases and Quality of Life - Research Unit, 13005 Marseille, France. Electronic address: marine.alessandrini@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alessandrini
authors.affiliation: Assistance publique des hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital de la Conception, Pôle psychiatrie centre, 13005 Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille Univ, EA 3279 - Public Health, Chronic Diseases and Quality of Life - Research Unit, 13005 Marseille, France. Electronic address: zendjidjian@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zendjidjian
authors.affiliation: Universidad Católica del Norte. Avda. Angamos, 0610 Antofagasta, Chile. Electronic address: alurzua@ucn.cl.
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urzúa
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Univ, EA 3279 - Public Health, Chronic Diseases and Quality of Life - Research Unit, 13005 Marseille, France. Electronic address: laurent.boyer@univ-amu.fr.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. Electronic address: dwilliam@hsph.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001838:Bolivia; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002677:Chile; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010568:Peru; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Caregivers; Quality of life; Religion; Schizophrenia; Spirituality