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Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río
On-line version ISSN 1561-3194
Abstract
CORDERO CABRERA, Maritza; FERRO GONZALEZ, Belkis; GARCIA VELOZ, Marisol and DOMINGUEZ ALVAREZ, Joel. Informal care for the elderly confined to bed in a healthcare area. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.2, pp. 195-203. ISSN 1561-3194.
Introduction:
the informal care of a dependent person often supposes a significant source of stress affecting the life of informal caregivers.
Objective:
to diagnose the present-day status of informal care of old people confined to bed in the health area of Manuel Piti Fajardo Polyclinic, Guane municipality in Pinar del Río province from July 2015 to October 2016.
Methods:
observational, descriptive and cross sectional study was conducted, the target group was constituted by 79 informal caregivers of old patients confined to bed and the sample included 35 of them who met the inclusion criteria, using theoretical, empirical and statistical (descriptive statistics) methods in the analysis.
Results:
the present-day trends in the development of this subject matter were identified, along with the diagnosis of the initial status, determining the regularities that make possible the transformation of its insufficiencies.
Conclusions:
the results indicate that there is a need for multidisciplinary actions aimed at improving the informal care process, designing and generating interventions that articulate the activity of caregivers, family, basic working team and the community.
Keywords : CAREGIVERS; AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS; AGING; BEDRIDDEN PERSONS.