The overload syndrome in family caregivers of elderly adults and associated factors. Chordeleg, 2017

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https://doi.org/10.18537/RFCM.37.01.02

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caregivers, aged, stress, psychological, multiple chronic conditions

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ABSTRACT

General objective: To determine the prevalence of Overload syndrome in family caregivers of older adults and its relationship with associated factors in Chordeleg canton during 2017.

Material and methods: it is a transversal analytical study with 123 family caregivers. The questionnaire of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, the Zarit test, the Katz index and the FF-SIL test were used. The variables were expressed in percentages and absolute frequencies. The associated factors were evaluated through the Prevalence Ratio with a confidence interval (95%) and Chi square.

Results: The highest proportion of individuals was between 40 and 59 years of age; the 73.17% are married; 40.65% had incomplete primary studies and in the relationship with the patient, the 47.15% were children. The 58.50% of the study population showed overload, they have been associated with having more than 5 years as a caregiver (RR 1.42 IC95% 1.07-1.88, p = 0.003) and the severe and moderate disability of the patient (RP 2.46, 95% CI 1.74-3.18, p = 0.000).

Conclusions: the caregiver profile does not differ from other studies. There was a high prevalence of Overload syndrome, which is associated with having more than 5 years as a caregiver and the moderate-severe disability of the patient.

Keywords: caregivers, aged, stress, psychological, multiple chronic conditions. 

 

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Published

2019-06-22

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Vol. 37 No. 1 (2019): Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Cuenca

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