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Nursing intervention centered on the burdened family caregiver
| Resumo: | Background: caring daily for a dependent elderly family member has an impact on the caregiver's health, who, due to overload, transforms from a healthy person into a sick person. Objectives: to assess the level of family caregiver burden, and to assess the effect of a nursing intervention supported by a psychoeducational program. Methodology: quasi-experimental study. It took place in health units in the Lisbon region, with two groups: experimental group (received a nursing intervention supported by a psychoeducational program) and control group (usual care). Convenience sample of 64 families evaluated before and 2 months after the intervention. Instruments: sociodemographic questionnaire and Zarit scale. Ethical procedures were considered. Results: caregivers had the following characteristics: mean age 63 years, caring for 1-3 years, fashion was being female, married, retired, being a daughter and living with the elderly. The burden of the experimental group at T1 (X= 59.3) decreased after the T2 intervention (X= 53.9), compared to the control group, whose values remained without statistically significant differences T1 (X= 51.9) and T2 (X=51.2). Conclusions: the easy-to-apply nursing intervention helps the caregiver to acquire skills to deal with caregiving, maintaining the social function of caring for the family member. |
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| Autores principais: | Rodrigues, Fátima |
| Outros Autores: | Viegas, Laura |
| Assunto: | Enfermagem; Família, Cuidador Familiar; Stress Nursing; Family, Family Caregiver; Stress Enfermería; Familia, Cuidador familiar; Estrés. |
| Ano: | 2022 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Escola Superior de Saúde Norte da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa: Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Revista de Investigação & Inovação em Saúde (RIIS) |
| Resumo: | Background: caring daily for a dependent elderly family member has an impact on the caregiver's health, who, due to overload, transforms from a healthy person into a sick person. Objectives: to assess the level of family caregiver burden, and to assess the effect of a nursing intervention supported by a psychoeducational program. Methodology: quasi-experimental study. It took place in health units in the Lisbon region, with two groups: experimental group (received a nursing intervention supported by a psychoeducational program) and control group (usual care). Convenience sample of 64 families evaluated before and 2 months after the intervention. Instruments: sociodemographic questionnaire and Zarit scale. Ethical procedures were considered. Results: caregivers had the following characteristics: mean age 63 years, caring for 1-3 years, fashion was being female, married, retired, being a daughter and living with the elderly. The burden of the experimental group at T1 (X= 59.3) decreased after the T2 intervention (X= 53.9), compared to the control group, whose values remained without statistically significant differences T1 (X= 51.9) and T2 (X=51.2). Conclusions: the easy-to-apply nursing intervention helps the caregiver to acquire skills to deal with caregiving, maintaining the social function of caring for the family member. |
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