Caring for the carer: quality of life and burden of female caregivers

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...

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Main Authors: Michelly Guedes de Oliveira Araújo, Michelinne Oliveira Machado Dutra, Carla Carolina Silva Leite Freitas, Tatiane Gomes Guedes, Francisco Stélio de Souza, Rosilene Santos Baptista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem
Series:Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672019000300728&lng=en&tlng=en