Family needs a break: it takes care of people with mental disorder

Abstract: Objective: To analyze the workload of family caregivers members of people with mental disorders assisted by a Psychosocial Care Center in Northern Ceara. Method: The sample consisted of 120 family members, using the Scale for Evaluation of Family Workload for data collection. Results: The majority of caregiver members were female, mother, and married, aged over 40 years, primary education not completed and was unemployed or housewife. The assistance to users in their everyday life was the domain that contributed most to the objective workload of these caregivers, while concerns about the patient, financial expenses and supervision of confusing behavior constituted the most subjective workload. Conclusion: The family became a partner in treatment and it needs special attention from professionals and health management aiming the physical privation and mental illness

Weitere Titel
Familia no es de hierro: ella se encarga de las personas con trastorno mental
Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online ; 9 (2017) 1 ; 71-78

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2017

DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2017.v9i1.71-78
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53595-5
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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