Assessment of burden on caregivers of elderly people in a home environment
Burden on caregivers of elderly people
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https://doi.org/10.13037/ras.vol23.e20259636Keywords:
Caregiver, Caregiver exhaustion, ElderlyAbstract
Introduction: Caring for someone without any type of support can generate overload, especially due to intense care. Objective: To investigate the burden on caregivers of elderly people in a home environment. Materials and methods: This is a quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional study carried out with caregivers of elderly people at home linked to a family health unit located in a neighborhood of Aracaju, Sergipe. The instruments used for data collection were: a) Sociodemographic Form; b) Katz Scale - Assessment of Basic Activities of Daily Living and c) Caregiver Burden Inventory (ISC). The data were tabulated and entered into Microsoft Excel® spreadsheets and analyzed using descriptive statistics using the BioEstat® software version 5.3. Results: The results indicated a profile of caregivers composed mainly of women (88.46%), married or in a stable relationship (53.85%), self-declared black or mixed race (73.08%), with some degree of kinship (80 .77%) and who lived with the elderly person (73.08%). A fragility in the physical and mental health profile of caregivers was evidenced, as well as a greater overload in the averages referring to the time dependent domain (16.3±2.8), personal life (9.0±5.7) and physical overload (9.0±5.7). Conclusion: Overload was present and may be related to the care process, which affects the health of caregivers. The need to discuss the formation of care for caregivers' health that promotes a better quality of life for caregivers, essentially family members, is highlighted.
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