Care of a person with mental illness involves multiple burdens, possibly leading to
burnout. This study compares partners of persons with schizophrenia and depression
with nursing staff based on dimensions of burnout. Nursing staff and partners of patients
with schizophrenia or depression were consecutively recruited from psychiatric hospitals
and interviewed with the Maslach Burnout Inventory. No significant differences were
found in the three dimensions of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization,
and personal accomplishment) for the two groups of caregivers. About one fourth of
the respondents in both groups showed a high degree of burnout. Professional and nonprofessional
caregivers face a similar degree of burden and need support to perform their caretaking
tasks.
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