A Study Of Family Environment And General Health Among Pain Disorder And Conversion Disorders’ Caregivers

Abstract

This study was based on family environment and general health among pain disorder and conversion disorders’ caregivers. Males and females have been taken to assess the family environment and general health. The subjects were 15 caregivers with pain disorder and 15 caregivers with conversion disorder from Ludhiana. To measure family environment the Family Environment Scale (F.E.S.) by Sanjay Vohra (1998) and a general health questionnaire was used for measuring the current mental health status of the respondent subjects. Results revealed that pain disorder caregivers have a better family environment in relation to conversion disorder caregivers. The present study’s conclusion shows that, as it related to caregiving, females had a major impact on self-esteem and a more negative impact on their daily activity routine, poor health, family support, and poor family environment,  than males.