Diferencias en la sintomatología ansiosa en pacientes con una dificultad traumatológica u ortopédica y en sus cuidadores que participaron en las 5tas Jornadas Médicas Gratuitas Rainbow, 2015

Abstract

Abstract:The objective of the Investigation was to determine the anxiety symptomatology in patients and caregivers; who suffer an orthopedic disease and attend the 5th's journeys free medical days Rainbow 2015, for this we evaluated the presence in a sample of 102 (74 patients and 28 caregivers) by an anxiety scale from SCL-90-R and a socioeconomic file. The design of the investigation is a transversal type, correlational, of a quantitive type, in which two groups were compared (patients and caregivers) based on a dependent variable and the independent variable. The result indicate that the prevalence of anxiety is 36.3% anxiety occurs more in the condition of the patients (21.42%). We didn't find significant differences related to the educational level and the age, while in relation to sex it was found that female patients had significantly more anxiety than their male peers. In conclusion, the condition of patients is more anxiogenic compared with caretaker.