Transtornos psiquiátricos menores em cuidadores familiares de usuários de Centros de Atenção Psicossocial do sul do Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Quadros, Lenice de Castro Muniz de
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFPel - Guaiaca
• Texto Completo: http://guaiaca.ufpel.edu.br/handle/123456789/1862
• topic: Cuidador familiar; Transtornos psiquiátricos menores; Enfermagem; Family caregiver; Minor psychiatric disorders; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEM::ENFERMAGEM PSIQUIATRICA

The current Mental Health Policy in Brazil is based on the Law 10.216/02 and seeks the consolidation of a model of an open mental health care, community-based. By encouraging the creation of alternative services to asylum model, it is clear the inclusion of the user's mental health services family in the treatment, to provide user support and to receive specific care. It is worth noting that care for patients with mental disorder can lead to family burden which can lead to greater frequency of problems related to mental health. It is estimated that disorders related to mental health represent 12% of the global burden of disease (WHO, 2001). This study is a substudy of the CAPSUL project . Data collection osf the quantitative subproject was performed in 30 municipalities in the southern region (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Parana) for 14 pairs of interviewers, in the period from May to June 2006. This is a transversal design study aiming to determine the overall prevalence of minor psychiatric disorders and its association with sociodemographic variables and burden in family caregivers of CAPS users in southern Brazil. The outcome is the minor psychiatric disorders, assessed by the Brazilian version of the Self Report Questionnaire (SRQ-20) and the independent variables included sociodemographic characteristics, stressors and self-reported burden. We interviewed 936 caregivers. The prevalence of minor psychiatric disorders was associated with low education, having some health problems, presence of stressful events, being the sole caregiver and self-reported burden. The study helps to assess the mental health of caregivers for CAPS users, identifying patterns of occurrence, associated factors and vulnerable groups. It is also useful in designing policies aimed at carers of users of health services who have chronic diseases, including interventions for mental health promotion, risk prevention and control of diseases. Finally there is the potential for comprehensive epidemiological studies in assessing the health of family caregivers of patients with some pathology and also users of the Unified Health System.