Identificación de la carga y su relación con la salud general en cuidadores informales del adulto mayor en la ciudad de Quito durante el año 2019

Abstract

Abstract: Elderly caregiver overload syndrome represents a pathology that threatens the caregiver's health and it depends on multiple factors. Course objective: Identify the burden and its relationship with the health of informal caregivers of older adults in the city of Quito during the year 2019. Materials and methods: Crossectional analytical study with 180 informal caregivers belonging to the city of Quito in 2019. For sociodemographic characteristics, the Ad-hoc questionnaire was used, for the caregiver's overload the Zarit test, for the degree of general health, the General Health Questionnaire [GHQ-12]. Results: 76.7% of the caregivers were women, 57.8% were married, 52.2% of the study population presented an intense overload and 67.8% of the interviewees presented a psychological malaise Conclusion: It was found that there is an intense load of 50 % and also that there is a significant relationship with overall health of 87.2%, that is, caregivers who have an intense burden also have a psychological malaise.