Caring for the carer: quality of life and burden of female caregivers
AUTOR(ES)
Araújo, Michelly Guedes de Oliveira
FONTE
Rev. Bras. Enferm.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
27/06/2019
RESUMO
RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar a qualidade de vida e sobrecarga de mulheres cuidadoras. Método: Estudo descritivo, transversal, quantitativo, realizado com 224 cuidadoras informais, de março a julho de 2016. Utilizaram-se três instrumentos: ficha de caracterização do cuidador, questionário WHOQOL-Bref e Escala de Zarit Burden Interview. Foram utilizados os testes: Alfa de Cronbach, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Kruskal-Wallis, Spearman e Mann-Whitney. Resultados: As cuidadoras apresentaram média de idade de 51,8 anos e desvio-padrão de 13,7. Eram na maioria: casadas, baixa renda e pouca escolaridade, pertencentes ao primeiro grau de parentesco, exerciam o cuidado de um a cinco anos e apresentavam alguma patologia. As associações de qualidade de vida que apresentaram significância estatística foram entre: renda, estado civil, número de pessoas que vivem com a cuidadora e tempo de cuidado. Conclusão: A sobrecarga estabeleceu correlação negativa com QV, ou seja, quanto maior a sobrecarga, mais prejudicada será a vida dessas cuidadoras.ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the quality of life and the burden of female caregivers. Method: Descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative study carried out with 224 informal caregivers from March to July 2016. Three instruments were used: a characterization form for the caregiver, the WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire and the Zarit Burden Interview. The following tests were used: Cronbach’s Alpha, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Kruskal-Wallis, Spearman and Mann-Whitney. Results: The mean age of caregivers was 51.8 years with a standard deviation of 13.7. They were predominantly married, had a low income and low level of education, were first-degree relatives, had been providing care for one to five years and presented some pathology. The associations of quality of life that presented statistical significance were: income, marital status, number of people living with the caregiver and time of care. Conclusion: The burden was negatively correlated with QOL, that is, the greater the burden, the more impaired will be the life of these caregivers.
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