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0001/2015 - Associação entre apoio social e qualidade de vida de cuidadores familiares de idosos dependentes
Associação entre apoio social e qualidade de vida de cuidadores familiares de idosos dependentes

Author:

• karla ferraz dos anjos - Anjos, K.F. - Vitória da conquista, BA - Universidade Federal da Bahia Escola de Enfermagem - <autoraautoria@hotmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Vanessa Cruz Santos Santos - Vanessa Cruz - Universidade Federal da Bahia Instituto de Saúde Coletiva - <vanessacrus@hotmail.com>
• Darci de Oliveira Santa Rosa - Santa Rosa,Darci de Oliveira - Universidade Federal da Bahia Escola de Enfermagem - <darcisantarosa@gmail.com>
• Alba Benemérita Alves Vilela - VILELA, A.B.A. - Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - <abavilela@uesb.edu.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2110-1751
• Larissa Chaves Pedreira - Pedreira, L.C. - Universidade Federal da Bahia Escola de Enfermagem - <larissa.pedreira@uol.com.br>
• Rafael Pereira - Pereira, Rafael - Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - <rafaelppaula@gmail.com >
• Rita Narriman Silva de Oliveira Boery - Boery, R.N.S.O. - Jequié, Bahia - Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - <rboery@gmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Saúde do Idoso

Abstract:

Objective: investigating the association between social support and quality of life of family caregivers of elderly dependents at home. Method: transverse study, held with 58 family caregivers of dependent elderly, registered in the Family Health Strategy. The data were collected from the instruments of Katz, Zarit Burden Interview, socio-demographic, WHOQOL-bref and analyzed through descriptive statistics, of multiple linear regression. Results: most caregivers were women, looked after in full-time and had moderate to severe overload. The lowest score of quality of life (QOL) was in the domain environment. Most caregivers are satisfied with social relations and social support received. It turns out that the Zarit and time of care correlated with the domain Social Relationships, which involves issues associated with social support and, consequently, a reduction in QOL. Conclusion: guidelines and formal and informal social support to caregivers are important to prevent the health implications, overload and biopsychosocial strain; thus, favorable conditions for the QOL of those caregivers.

Keywords:

Caregivers Family Elderly Quality of life Social support

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Anjos, K.F., Vanessa Cruz , Santa Rosa,Darci de Oliveira , VILELA, A.B.A., Pedreira, L.C., Pereira, Rafael , Boery, R.N.S.O.. Associação entre apoio social e qualidade de vida de cuidadores familiares de idosos dependentes. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2015/Jan). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/associaccedilatildeo-entre-apoio-social-e-qualidade-de-vida-de-cuidadores-familiares-de-idosos-dependentes/15066



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