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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0864-0319</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Enfermería]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Enfermer]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-0319</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0864-03192017000300003</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Relación entre características sociodemográficas y clínicas de pacientes con Alzheimer y sobrecarga del cuidador principal]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Relationship between sociodemography and clinical characteristics of patients with Alzheimer disease and overload of principal caregiver]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pascual Cuesta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yadira]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Garzón Patterson]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mabel]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Collazo Lemus]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Esther de la Concepción]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Silva Williams]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Henry]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ravelo Jiménez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maylin]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Facultad de Enfermería Lidia Doce  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Policlínico Julio Antonio Mella  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Formación Nacional, ETECSA  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Artemisa  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-03192017000300003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-03192017000300003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-03192017000300003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: la enfermedad de Alzheimer constituye un proceso degenerativo y progresivo del cerebro. Cursa por estadios: leve, moderado y severo; en los cuales el paciente va perdiendo sus capacidades mentales, por lo que se hace dependiente y necesita del cuidado de otros. El cuidado a estos pacientes tiene consecuencias para el cuidador y la familia.  Objetivo:  relacionar la sobrecarga percibida por el cuidador principal con las características sociodemográficas y clínicas de pacientes con enfermedad de Alzheimer.  Métodos:  estudio descriptivo correlacional en el Policlínico Carlos Manuel Portuondo en Marianao. El universo de estudio estuvo constituido por 35 pacientes con enfermedad de Alzheimer en las fases leve y moderada y sus cuidadores principales. Para recolectar la información se utilizó un cuestionario sociodemográfico y la Escala de Zarit. Se conformó una base de datos con el SPSS 15.0 para Windows. Se utilizó el coeficiente de correlación de Pearson para la relación entre variables, los resultados se presentaron en tabla de contingencia.  Resultados:  en los pacientes se obtuvo una edad media de 77,06 años, el 80,00 % fueron mujeres, el 42,85 %, casados e igual porcentaje con preuniversitario terminado, el 74,28 % en la fase leve de la enfermedad. El 74,3 % de los cuidadores experimentaron niveles de sobrecarga debido a la labor del cuidado. Existe relación significativa entre la sobrecarga percibida por el cuidador y el estadio de la enfermedad (r=0,346).  Conclusiones:  se constató una relación significativa entre los estadios de la enfermedad de Alzheimer y la sobrecarga percibida por el cuidador.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction: The Alzheimer´s disease is a degenerative and progressive change in the brain. It course consists of different stages: mild, moderate and severe, where the patients loss mental capacities slowly and depend on and needs care from other person. The incessant care to this patient generate bad consequences to the caregiver and family as well.  Objective:  To correlate the perceived overload of the principal caregiver with the socioeconomic and clinical characteristics of Alzheimer disease.  Methods:  A descriptive correlational study was conducted at the Polyclinic Carlos Manuel Portuondo in Marianao. The study group consisted of 35 patients with Alzheimer's disease in mild to moderate stages and their primary caregivers. To gather information was used a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Scale of Zarit. A database using SPSS 15.0 for Windows was formed. The Pearson correlation coefficient for the relationship between variables was used, the results were presented in contingency table.  Results:  In patients with a mean age of 77.06 years was obtained, the women were 80.00 %, 42.85 % married and the same percentage finished high school, the 74.28 % in the mild stage of the disease. 74.3 % of caregivers experienced levels of overload due to the work of care. There is significant relationship between perceived caregiver overload and stage of disease (r = 0.346). Conclusions: A significant relationship between the stages of Alzheimer's disease and perceived by the caregiver overload was found.]]></p></abstract>
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