International Journal of Mental Health & PsychiatryISSN: 2471-4372

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Sanmi Akinsulore Author

adesanmia@yahoo.co.in

Subjects of specialization
Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10 item; Nigerian family caregivers; Psychiatric patients; Reliability; Validity; Factor structure

Affiliation
Department of Mental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

Biography

I hold a Bachelors degree in Medicine and surgery (MBChB) and a Masters degree in Public Health (MPH) from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Also, I obtained a fellowship in the Faculty of Psychiatry (FWACP) of the West African College of Physicians and Faculty of Psychiatry (FMCPsych) of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria. I am a Lecturer at the Department of Mental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife. My research interest lies in sSchizophrenia disorder, community mental health and forensic psychiatry.

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Exploration of the Psychometric Properties and Correlates of the 10 item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale among Family Caregivers of Nigerian Patients with Psychiatric Disorder

Author(s):

Olutayo Aloba, Olayinka Ajao, Sanmi Akinsulore, Boladale Mapayi, Taiwo Alimi, Olufemi Esan

Background: Despite studies in developed countries repeatedly reporting on the positive influence of resilience on the ability of family caregivers to withstand the burden of providing care for their relatives no literature is currently available regarding the construct and the factors associated with resilience among the family caregivers of Nigerian psychiatric patients.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study in which 234 family caregiver-patient dyads were consecutively recruited over a period of 6 months from the psychiatric outpatients’ clinics of two university tea... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2471-4372.1000124

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