Síndrome de cuidador de pacientes con discapacidad grave, muy grave y factores asociados. Centro de Salud Nº 4. Año 2021.

Abstract

Background: A little known pathology in primary health care is caregiver syndrome in people with severe disabilities, it represents a little known problem in primary health care, and the study aims to establish the relationship between caregiver syndrome and functionality. Relative in the study population Methods: relational, observational, prospective, cross-sectional and analytical; caregivers of subjects with severe disabilities from the Health Center No. 4. Year 2021, applying data sheet instruments and obtaining information related to sociodemographic variables and the concordance between the caregiver and patient variables, in addition to the caregiver overload scale. Zarit for reveals the presence of caregiver overload syndrome. Results: according to age group predominated from 50 to 59 years with 41.9%; with predominance in the female sex with 87.2%; distribution of caregivers predominates ethnicity with 88.4% mestizo; the distribution of caregivers according to schooling predominated secondary school with 73.3%. Significant statistical association was found between the association of factors and caregiver syndrome. Conclusions: The prevalence of the caregiver syndrome is high, and there is very little bibliography to integrate it into our results, for which the sociodemographic factors are similar to reports in other studies, the associated factor in our study, was family care and functionality.