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Anxiety is a common human emotional state and anxiety disorders represents a major class of clinical problems that occur throughout the lifespan. Anxiety have a major influence upon mood, our sense of well-being, behavior, and health. A descriptive cross sectional survey approach was conducted to assess the level of anxiety among family members of schizophrenic patient regarding care of schizophrenia attending psychiatric OPD in a selected hospital cuttack, odisha. The selected sample size was 50 by purposive sampling technique. Standardized LIKERT scale was used for assessment of anxiety. According to the results, 48% of family members were experienced mild anxiety, 14% of family members were experienced moderate level of anxiety and 2% of family members were experienced severe level of anxiety .Factor wise analysis revealed that highest 46% of family members were experienced both mild level of anxiety related to emotional factor, 12% of family members had severe level of anxiety related to treatment factor ,8%of family members were experienced panic level of anxiety related to social factor. Comparison level of anxiety with socio-demographic variables reveals that highest 42% of family members had mild level of anxiety related to unemployment. Association between level of anxiety among family members were significant with their relation to the patient age,occupation,education,religion with highly significant of monthly income and no significance with sex, types of family,residence and duration of treatment by psychiatrist. so, family members may perceive challenges regarding the caring of individuals with mental disorders.