The Comparison Levels of Feeling Guilty and Embarrassment in the Family Members Nursing Schizophrenia and Chronic Renal Failure Patients, and in Individuals Having No Nursing Role

Abstract

Conclusion: Guilt and embarrassment scores of family members offering home care to schizophrenia and KBY patients were higher than those of the control group. Moreover, the guilt and embarrassment scores of the family members offering home care to schizophrenia patients were higher than those of the others. It is recommended that nurses and other health personnel working with patients having chronic diseases should be provided with in-service training programs in order to improve their roles as educators, caregivers, counselors and rehabilitation experts and be able to understand the problems and difficulties the patients and their families experience, home care programs should be organized and activities should be held to raise awareness among the public in this regard.