Technologies' Potential And Difficulties In Assisting Family Caregivers Of Patients With Somatoform Diseases

Abstract

Governments now mainly rely on family caregivers (FCs) to take care of patients and lessen the burden placed on official health and social care systems as the world's population ages. The sustainability of family caregivers' unpaid caregiving job has grown to be a critical problem due to mounting demand. This study investigates the care-related career objectives of family caregivers and explains how those goals relate to or do not relate to technology using qualitative data. The research will enlist family caregivers of people with somatoform illnesses via online support networks, community organizations, and medical facilities. To assess changes in psychological distress, and quality of life, participants will complete a follow-up evaluation after the intervention period using the same measures used at baseline. Participants will also share their thoughts on the technology-based intervention, focusing on aspects such as perceived usefulness, ease of use, and satisfaction with the components of the intervention. The results of the study supported the hypothesis by demonstrating that family caregivers of patients suffering with somatoform disorder who participated in the technology-based treatment saw improvements in their overall quality of life and a statistically significant drop in psychological distress levels. The results of our case study demonstrate that while technology can help to promote this resilience, its application may be restricted to serving as a middleman between Family Caregivers and other entities and information.