Biosociodemographic profile of the primary informal caregiver of the elderly in a region of Ecuador
Journal Title: Revista Eugenio Espejo - Year 2023, Vol 17, Issue 1
Abstract
The need for long-term care services for the elderly originates the activity of non-professional help and the figure of the informal primary caregiver. This research aimed to describe the profile of the primary informal caregiver who accompanied the patient to the outpatient clinic of the Hospital de Atención Integral del Adulto Mayor in the last quarter of 2021. A quantitative, obser-vational, and descriptive study was carried out in a population of 322 primary informal caregi-vers of the elderly in the last quarter of 2021, selecting a sample of 190 individuals through a voluntary subject-type procedure. The applied instrument was a structured interview guide based on the Survey of Characterization of the Care of the Family Caregiver-person with a Chro-nic Illness Dyad. The care falls on the woman (83.2%), children (57.9%), married (48.9%), live with the elderly (42.6%), care for up to 4 family members; 17.9% who never receive help, care for between 1 and 6 years and dedicate up to 15 hours. In addition, 86.3% do housework. A dete-rioration of the health condition was observed after starting the care functions, and all of them mentioned suffering from some disease; however, those who reported receiving positive emotio-nal effects from care prevailed
Authors and Affiliations
Guato Torres, Patricia Del Cisne; Mendoza Parra, Sara; Chiriboga Lozada, María Soledad; Sáez Carrillo, Katia
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