Association of Expressed Emotion in Caretakers with their Demographic variable in Patients of Major Depressive Disorder

Dr.Krishna Kumar Mishra; Dr. Rakesh Gandhi

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

Association of Expressed Emotion in Caretakers with their Demographic variable in Patients of Major Depressive Disorder

Dr. Krishna Kumar Mishra, Dr. Rakesh Gandhi

Abstract :

Background: Expressed emotion refers to a global index of particular emotions, attitudes and behaviours expressed by relatives (caretaker) about a family member diagnosed with psychiatric illness. Materials and Methods: A total of 40 depressive patients were recruited from psychiatry OPD ,S.S.G.Hospital Vadodara and association between expressed emotions with demographic variables were measured. Results: Unpaired t test and Anova test was applied,in which p values were not less than 0.05 for this study. Hence, association between expressed emotion in caretakerswith demographic variable in patients with MDD is not significant . Conclusion:Expressed emotion in caretakers was not associated withwith demographic variable in Major Depressive Disorder patients.