Abstract

GUATO-TORRES, Patricia Del Cisne; MENDOZA-PARRA, Sara; CHIRIBOGA-LOZADA, María Soledad  and  SAEZ-CARRILLO, Katia. Perfil biosociodemográfico del cuidador principal informal del adulto mayor en una región de Ecuador. Rev Eug Esp [online]. 2023, vol.17, n.1, pp.63-77. ISSN 2661-6742.  https://doi.org/10.37135/ee.04.16.08.

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, observational, and descriptive study was carried out in a population of 322 primary informal caregivers 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 Chronic 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 deterioration 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 emotional effects from care prevailed.

Keywords : Aged; Caregivers; Health Profile.

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