CAREGIVER EXPERIENCES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS WITH SELF CARE DEFICIT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Caring for individuals with schizophrenia is a demanding task that impacts all aspects in families, particularly
primary family caregivers. Given that families are vital to patient recovery, it is important to help primary
family caregivers improve their daily living activities. The two main objectives of the systematic review were
to identify articles outlining the experience of caring for a person with sch izophrenia and secondly to identify
articles concerning factors that affect caregiver with schizophrenia. Targeted literature searches were
conducted in Scopus, Sciencedirect and PUBMED, using a combination of keywords. They were searched for
period from 2012 until 2018. These findings suggest that caregiver experience in treating schizophrenia
includes challenges of care, support, and future care concerns. While affecting the increase of self care that is
age, sex, job, personality, family relationship, economy, onset and ability of self care. The family has the
function to preserve and maintain the health (health care function) for family members who suffer from a
disease. We identified experiences as improving patient self-care behavior. Factors sociodemografi,
personality, economy, onset and ability of caregiver need support and support from family and health officer
Keywords: caregivers, schizophrenia, experience, self care