Psychological Distress and Burden of Care among Family Caregivers of Patients with Mental Illness in a Neuropsychiatric Outpatient Clinic in Nigeria

Data include information of participants who were family caregivers of relatives diagnosed with mental illness. Females were 57% and males 43.1%. Majority of participants were aged 15-29 years 43.6%. Other background information such as diagnosis of caregiver’s relatives is also present in dataset. Information in the dataset also include the GHQ12 and Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) scale that assessed the psychological health and burden of caregiving in the respondent. The total sample is 415. Sample was collected in a psychiatric clinic in Nigeria.