Loureiro Lara de Sá Neves, Fernandes Maria das Graças Melo, da Nóbrega Maria Miriam Lima, Rodrigues Rosalina Aparecida Partezani
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Pessoa, PB, Brasil.
Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
Rev Bras Enferm. 2014 Mar-Apr;67(2):227-32. doi: 10.5935/0034-7167.20140030.
This is an epidemiological research, descriptive and transversal, which had as objectives to estimate the prevalence of overburden among family caregivers of dependent elderly in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba, and to identify its relationship with the elderly's conditions of health, functionality and demand for care. The population comprised 240 elderly people residents in the twenty census sectors in the referred city. The sample was composed of 52 elderly people with functional inability and their caregivers. To data collection, it was applied a structured questionnaire and the scales of Mini Mental State Examination, Katz Index and Burden Interview. The results demonstrated that 84.6% of caregivers showed overburden, which was associated with clinical and functional characteristics of the elderly and with the demand for care. The findings bring relevant contributions to the elaboration of public policies in order to establish formal support for families' caregivers.
这是一项描述性横断面流行病学研究，旨在估计帕拉伊巴州若昂佩索阿市依赖他人照顾的老年人的家庭照顾者负担过重的患病率，并确定其与老年人健康状况、功能和护理需求之间的关系。研究人群包括该市20个人口普查区的240名老年居民。样本由52名功能丧失的老年人及其照顾者组成。为了收集数据，采用了结构化问卷以及简易精神状态检查表、卡茨指数和照顾者负担访谈量表。结果表明，84.6%的照顾者表现出负担过重，这与老年人的临床和功能特征以及护理需求有关。这些研究结果为制定公共政策以建立对家庭照顾者的正式支持做出了相关贡献。
