Evaluation of professional and non-professional caregivers of elderly patients in primary care health units in São Paulo
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Resumo: | <p><b>INTRODUCTION:</b> 15% residents of urban areas are over 60. A part of them rely on caregivers who often need special attention themselves.<br> <b>PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:</b> To assess the profile, level of stress and needs of professional and non-professional elderly patients caregivers of 2 primary care health units of São Paulo, Brazil.<br> <b>SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:</b> To assess their morbidity, their interest in capacitation courses and discussion groups, as well as the level of disability of the patients under their care.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> 8 professional and 18 non-professional caregivers of 2 primary care units in São Paulo, Brazil, underwent an interview where 4 questionnaires where applied: Profile of participant, Inventory of Symptoms & Stress, The Brazilian Version of the Burden Interview and Functional Evaluation Scale of the Elderly Patient.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> 85,3% of patients where women between the ages of 36-55; 40,7% of the non-professional caregivers where over the age of 60; 100% of them referred suffering from some form of disease. 88% of the professional caregivers showed interest in capacitation courses and 88,9% in belonging to support groups. Stress: Professional caregivers where mostly under light burden, non-professional caregivers where subjected to light/moderate burden. Inventory of Symptoms & Stress: 44,4%, 14,8% and 40,8% of nonprofessional caregivers where in the alert, resiliency and exhaustion phases, respectively. Functional Evaluation Scale of the Elderly Patient: 77,8% and 75-100% of the professional and non-professional caregivers patients were classified as highly dependent.<br> <b>CONCLUSIONS:</b> The care of elderly patients is stressful and debilitating for caregivers, especially for nonprofessional ones. Most of the caregivers showed interest in capacitation courses and support groups.<br> <b>RECOMMENDATION:</b> It is recommended that a better attention be paid to elderly patients caregivers.</p> |
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Evaluation of professional and non-professional caregivers of elderly patients in primary care health units in São PauloElder/ill caretaker. Stress, health profile.<p><b>INTRODUCTION:</b> 15% residents of urban areas are over 60. A part of them rely on caregivers who often need special attention themselves.<br> <b>PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:</b> To assess the profile, level of stress and needs of professional and non-professional elderly patients caregivers of 2 primary care health units of São Paulo, Brazil.<br> <b>SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:</b> To assess their morbidity, their interest in capacitation courses and discussion groups, as well as the level of disability of the patients under their care.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> 8 professional and 18 non-professional caregivers of 2 primary care units in São Paulo, Brazil, underwent an interview where 4 questionnaires where applied: Profile of participant, Inventory of Symptoms & Stress, The Brazilian Version of the Burden Interview and Functional Evaluation Scale of the Elderly Patient.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> 85,3% of patients where women between the ages of 36-55; 40,7% of the non-professional caregivers where over the age of 60; 100% of them referred suffering from some form of disease. 88% of the professional caregivers showed interest in capacitation courses and 88,9% in belonging to support groups. Stress: Professional caregivers where mostly under light burden, non-professional caregivers where subjected to light/moderate burden. Inventory of Symptoms & Stress: 44,4%, 14,8% and 40,8% of nonprofessional caregivers where in the alert, resiliency and exhaustion phases, respectively. Functional Evaluation Scale of the Elderly Patient: 77,8% and 75-100% of the professional and non-professional caregivers patients were classified as highly dependent.<br> <b>CONCLUSIONS:</b> The care of elderly patients is stressful and debilitating for caregivers, especially for nonprofessional ones. Most of the caregivers showed interest in capacitation courses and support groups.<br> <b>RECOMMENDATION:</b> It is recommended that a better attention be paid to elderly patients caregivers.</p>Sociedade Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia2013-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttps://ggaging.com/details/164Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging v.7 n.1 2013reponame:Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)instname:Sociedade Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologiainstacron:SBGGinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Gomes,Ana Beatriz Ayroza Galvão Ribeiro Carvalho,Ana Carolina Mayor de Andrade,Carolina Puglia de Penido,Flávia de Souza Oliveira Couto,Ingrid Cardoso Hashimoto,Maurício Karakida Biancalana,Priscila Marsiglia,Regina Maria Giffonieng2013-01-01T00:00:00Zoai:ggaging.com:164Revistahttp://sbgg.org.br/publicacoes-cientificas/revista-geriatria-gerontologia/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpexecutiveditors@ggaging.com||nacional@sbgg.org.br2447-21232447-2115opendoar:2013-01-01T00:00Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online) - Sociedade Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologiafalse |
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Evaluation of professional and non-professional caregivers of elderly patients in primary care health units in São Paulo |
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Evaluation of professional and non-professional caregivers of elderly patients in primary care health units in São Paulo |
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Evaluation of professional and non-professional caregivers of elderly patients in primary care health units in São Paulo Gomes,Ana Beatriz Ayroza Galvão Ribeiro Elder/ill caretaker. Stress, health profile. |
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Evaluation of professional and non-professional caregivers of elderly patients in primary care health units in São Paulo |
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Evaluation of professional and non-professional caregivers of elderly patients in primary care health units in São Paulo |
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Evaluation of professional and non-professional caregivers of elderly patients in primary care health units in São Paulo |
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Evaluation of professional and non-professional caregivers of elderly patients in primary care health units in São Paulo |
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Evaluation of professional and non-professional caregivers of elderly patients in primary care health units in São Paulo |
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Gomes,Ana Beatriz Ayroza Galvão Ribeiro |
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Gomes,Ana Beatriz Ayroza Galvão Ribeiro Carvalho,Ana Carolina Mayor de Andrade,Carolina Puglia de Penido,Flávia de Souza Oliveira Couto,Ingrid Cardoso Hashimoto,Maurício Karakida Biancalana,Priscila Marsiglia,Regina Maria Giffoni |
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Carvalho,Ana Carolina Mayor de Andrade,Carolina Puglia de Penido,Flávia de Souza Oliveira Couto,Ingrid Cardoso Hashimoto,Maurício Karakida Biancalana,Priscila Marsiglia,Regina Maria Giffoni |
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Gomes,Ana Beatriz Ayroza Galvão Ribeiro Carvalho,Ana Carolina Mayor de Andrade,Carolina Puglia de Penido,Flávia de Souza Oliveira Couto,Ingrid Cardoso Hashimoto,Maurício Karakida Biancalana,Priscila Marsiglia,Regina Maria Giffoni |
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Elder/ill caretaker. Stress, health profile. |
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Elder/ill caretaker. Stress, health profile. |
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<p><b>INTRODUCTION:</b> 15% residents of urban areas are over 60. A part of them rely on caregivers who often need special attention themselves.<br> <b>PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:</b> To assess the profile, level of stress and needs of professional and non-professional elderly patients caregivers of 2 primary care health units of São Paulo, Brazil.<br> <b>SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:</b> To assess their morbidity, their interest in capacitation courses and discussion groups, as well as the level of disability of the patients under their care.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> 8 professional and 18 non-professional caregivers of 2 primary care units in São Paulo, Brazil, underwent an interview where 4 questionnaires where applied: Profile of participant, Inventory of Symptoms & Stress, The Brazilian Version of the Burden Interview and Functional Evaluation Scale of the Elderly Patient.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> 85,3% of patients where women between the ages of 36-55; 40,7% of the non-professional caregivers where over the age of 60; 100% of them referred suffering from some form of disease. 88% of the professional caregivers showed interest in capacitation courses and 88,9% in belonging to support groups. Stress: Professional caregivers where mostly under light burden, non-professional caregivers where subjected to light/moderate burden. Inventory of Symptoms & Stress: 44,4%, 14,8% and 40,8% of nonprofessional caregivers where in the alert, resiliency and exhaustion phases, respectively. Functional Evaluation Scale of the Elderly Patient: 77,8% and 75-100% of the professional and non-professional caregivers patients were classified as highly dependent.<br> <b>CONCLUSIONS:</b> The care of elderly patients is stressful and debilitating for caregivers, especially for nonprofessional ones. Most of the caregivers showed interest in capacitation courses and support groups.<br> <b>RECOMMENDATION:</b> It is recommended that a better attention be paid to elderly patients caregivers.</p> |
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