Burden on caregivers of elderly victims of cerebrovascular accident* SOBRECARGA DOS CUIDADORES DE IDOSOS COM ACIDENTE VASCULAR CEREBRAL SOBRECARGA DE LOS CUIDADORES DE ANCIANOS CON ACCIDENTE CEREBROVASCULAR
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* Taken from the course conclusion monograph “Sobrecarga dos cuidadores de idosos com acidente vascular cerebral”, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, 2011. 1 Undergraduate Nursing Student, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. Ribeirão Preto, SP, São Paulo. [email protected] 2 Master’s student in Nursing, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. [email protected] 3 M.Sc. in Nursing, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. beto_unw@hotmail. com 4 Ph.D. in Nursing. General and Specialized Nursing Department, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. [email protected] 5 Full Professor, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. [email protected] RESUMO O obje vo deste estudo foi avaliar a sobrecarga dos cuidadores de idosos com acidente vascular cerebral (AVC), assim como correlacioná-la com as horas de cuidado, a idade e a independência funcional dos idosos. Trata-se de estudo transversal feito com 62 idosos com AVC e seus cuidadores. O instrumento con nha variáveis sociodemográfi cas e econômicas, Mini-Exame do Estado Mental, Medida da Independência Funcional (MIF) e a Escala de Zarit. A possível correlação entre os escores da escala de Zarit e as outras variáveis foi avaliada por meio do Coefi ciente de Correlação de Pearson. A maioria dos cuidadores era adultos, fi lhos, casados e do sexo feminino. A média do escore de Zarit foi 34,92 (15,8). A MIF apresentou correlação nega va com a sobrecarga do cuidador, porém, não houve correlação com a idade e as horas de cuidado. A sobrecarga da maioria dos cuidadores variou de moderada a severa e parece estar relacionada ao nível de independência funcional dos idosos.
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