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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| author | Michelly Guedes de Oliveira Araújo Michelinne Oliveira Machado Dutra Carla Carolina Silva Leite Freitas Tatiane Gomes Guedes Francisco Stélio de Souza Rosilene Santos Baptista |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-52d4f36677424397b7b35f3cf0b27ab12022-12-22T03:50:05ZengAssociação Brasileira de EnfermagemRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem1984-044672372873610.1590/0034-7167-2018-0334S0034-71672019000300728Caring for the carer: quality of life and burden of female caregiversMichelly Guedes de Oliveira AraújoMichelinne Oliveira Machado DutraCarla Carolina Silva Leite FreitasTatiane Gomes GuedesFrancisco Stélio de SouzaRosilene Santos BaptistaABSTRACT 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672019000300728&lng=en&tlng=enCuidadorasSalud de la MujerEnfermeríaFamiliaCalidad de Vida |
| spellingShingle | Michelly Guedes de Oliveira Araújo Michelinne Oliveira Machado Dutra Carla Carolina Silva Leite Freitas Tatiane Gomes Guedes Francisco Stélio de Souza Rosilene Santos Baptista Caring for the carer: quality of life and burden of female caregivers Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Cuidadoras Salud de la Mujer Enfermería Familia Calidad de Vida |
| title | Caring for the carer: quality of life and burden of female caregivers |
| title_full | Caring for the carer: quality of life and burden of female caregivers |
| title_fullStr | Caring for the carer: quality of life and burden of female caregivers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Caring for the carer: quality of life and burden of female caregivers |
| title_short | Caring for the carer: quality of life and burden of female caregivers |
| title_sort | caring for the carer quality of life and burden of female caregivers |
| topic | Cuidadoras Salud de la Mujer Enfermería Familia Calidad de Vida |
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