Sobrecarga en cuidadores informales de adultos mayores en la Ciudadela 15 de marzo de la ciudad de Esmeraldas, durante el año 2019-2020.

Abstract

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to indicate the overload in the informal caregiver of the elderly of the citadel March 15 in the city of Esmeraldas, during the year 2019-2020. This study was non-experimental, cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive and quantitative, carried out with 20 informal caregivers and 20 older adults, the instruments used are: the Ad-hoc Sociodemographic Questionnaire, an interview for Zarit caregivers to measure burden, the Caring questionnaire, Barthes index, questionnaire (Duke-Un), COPE-28 inventory, personality questionnaire (EPQR-A) and the mental questionnaire for older adults. Their results indicate that the majority of caregivers are Afro-Ecuadorian women, daughters of dependents, with basic studies and no income. All caregivers have intense overload despite having excellent mental health and high skills for care. The social support they receive from family and friends is deficient, the personality traits of the caregivers mainly neuroticism. In addition, older adults suffer from diseases such as: Disability, Hypertension, Diabetes, Alzheimer's among other conditions that make them dependent on the informal caregiver.