The Moderating Role of Coping Strategies between Perceived Stress and Quality of Life among Caregivers of Schizophrenia and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Patients

Abstract

The present study aimed to study the moderating role of coping strategies between perceived stress on quality of life with moderating role of coping strategy among caregivers of schizophrenia and OCD patients. Additionally, examine the relationship among perceived stress and quality of life among caregivers of schizophrenia and OCD patients. 200 participants (caregivers of schizophrenia patients, n=116, caregiver of OCD patients n=84) were incorporated from different hospitals of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. Purposive sampling technique was used based on cross-sectional design. In this study Coping strategy is measured by Brief cope scale (carver, 1997), Quality of life was measured by WHOQOL Brief (Crespo & Cruzado, 1997), perceived stress was measured by Perceived stress scale (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983). Results revealed that coping strategy was positively related to quality of life but negatively associated with perceived stress among caregivers of schizophrenia and OCD patients. The findings of study also demonstrated that coping strategy is negatively significantly linked to perceived stress among caregivers of schizophrenia and OCD patients. Study results shown that coping strategy is playing the role of moderator between perceived stress on quality of life with moderating role of coping strategy among caregivers of schizophrenia and OCD patients. This study results revealed that caregivers of OCD patients had better quality of life than caregivers of schizophrenia patients. The study also revealed that no significant difference between caregivers of schizophrenia and OCD patients in terms of perceived stress. This study would be helpful to spread awareness how to tackle psychological issues among caregivers of OCD and schizophrenia patient.