La sobrecarga en los cuidadores informales de adultos mayores en el barrio Amazonas de la ciudad de Lago-Agrio, durante el periodo septiembre 2018 - febrero 2019.

Abstract

Abstract:The present research identified as a general objective the overload in informal caregivers of older adults in the Amazonas neighborhood of the city of Lago-Agrio in the period September 2018-February 2019. A quantitative approach was used, the design was non-experimental and exploratory, descriptive-cross-sectional, in a sample of 20 informal caregivers and 20 dependent people who were under their care; The instruments used were: Ad-hoc sociodemographic survey, burden interview for caregivers, '' CARE '' questionnaire (BRS), Barthel index questionnaire (IB), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), Coping Questionnaire ( BRIEF-COPE), Social Support Questionnaire (Duke-unk), Personality Questionnaire (EPQR-A) and Pfeiffer's Portable Mental State Questionnaire. As a conclusion, 70% of caregivers do not present overload, 50% have a medium level of care skills, 40% suffer from both moderate and severe dependency, 65% have normal mental health, in terms of personality traits of extroversion and neuroticism predominated; 55% of older adults have normal cognitive impairment and the predominant sex is female.