INFORMACIONES PSIQUIÁTRICAS 247

18 Informaciones Psiquiátricas 2022 - n.º 247 Other aspect obtained from FBIS is “fi- nancial burden”, 47% of caregivers (106) report having incurred expenses pertaining to the patient, mainly for food ( € 52), hou- sing ( € 34), educational or social activities ( € 28), tobacco ( € 26), pocket money ( € 17) and clothes ( € 14). The patient contributes an average of € 437.19 per month to the family economy, generally in the form of a pension. Respect “routines and life of the caregi- ver”, 15.6% of caregivers have missed work in the preceding month as a result of caring for the patient and 26.4% of caregivers need to make permanent changes to three or more types of their routine activities. Caregivers are frequently concerned about the patient: about his/her future (80.4%), social life (62.5%) and daily life (53.6%). Fifty-eight percent of caregivers are able to receive help from other people which amoun- ted, on average, to 9.4 hours of help per week. Seventeen percent of caregivers require health care as a result of caregiving: 9.4% by their primary care physician and 11.2% by a psychologist or psychiatrist. This group of caregivers spends a mean of 0.8 days on medical leave. Respect “overall impact on caregiver and family patient’s interaction”, 80.4% of ca- regivers think that the mental disorder has changed his/her personal relationship with the person with the disorder and 68.8% consi- der it to have changed the relationship of the whole family. This change is perceived as ne- gative by 39.3% of caregivers, and for 29.5% it causes intense discomfort. In contrast, 52.7% of caregivers find positive effects on his/her personal relationship with the patient and 30% on the family relationship. Emilio Rojo / María Jesús San Pío / Gemma Marcet / Francisco José Eiroa-Orosa / Josep Rojo