Qualidade de vida e sobrecarga de trabalho em cuidadores de idosos em seguimento ambulatorial
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2011-04-01
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Oliveira, Déborah Cristina de
Carvalho, Gisele Souza Fontanini de
Stella, Florindo [UNESP]
Higa, Celina Matiko Hori
D'Elboux, Maria José
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We evaluated the quality of life related to health and work overloads among 126 caregivers to patients at two geriatric outpatient clinics of a university hospital, as well as the association between overloads and demographic and clinical variables, using an exploratory, descriptive, cross sectional and quantitative approach. The Zarit Burden Interview, a socio-demographic and clinical characterization instrument, was used to assess perceived workloads and the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) was used to assess quality of life related of health. Descriptive, comparative, correlative, and multivariate data analyses were carried out. There was significant difference between two outpatient caregiver workloads; all socio-demographic aspects and variables related to care were associated to worsening at least one dimension of the SF-36; frequent illnesses among caregivers were related to a worsening of their quality of life related to health, demonstrating the wear experienced by caregivers to the elderly in these health care units.
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Aged, Caregivers, Quality of life
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Texto e Contexto Enfermagem, v. 20, n. 2, p. 234-240, 2011.