Caregiving experience associated with unpaid carers of persons with schizophrenia: a scoping review.

This scoping review focuses on how the caregiving experience of unpaid carers of persons with schizophrenia (CPSs) is understood in the literature. One hundred and eighteen studies were included. Publications have steadily increased over the past two decades. Most studies were derived from India, the UK, and China and were quantitative research. Financial problems, disruption to social life, and family relationships were commonly evaluated to be objective burdens, while care recipients relapsing, CPSs suffering from violence from care recipients, and experiencing discrimination were identified as subjective burdens. The effectiveness of care services and the positive feelings and physical impacts of CPSs need to be further discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]