Revisión transdiciplinaria en intervenciones para cuidadores informales de pacientes con trastorno neurocognitivo mayor

Abstract

In the world, the elderly population increases and with it the number of people with chronic and progressive diseases, such as the Major Neurocognitive Disorder; this type of alteration is a phenomenon is starting to constitute a public health problem. In response to this, multiple intervention strategies have emerged, aimed at reducing the discomfort that care represents, but these have been developed in an isolated and fragmented way by the disciplines involved in the well-being of this population group. This article aims to review the intervention programs for caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s produced in the areas of psychology, phonoaudiology and physiotherapy, projecting an analysis from a transdisciplinary perspective using documentary research. Specialized databases were used: Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, Scopus, Pubmed, Publindex, Lilacs, SciELO, EBSCO, ENFISPO, PEDro, ASHA, using the search for keywords through the PICO strategy which allows the selection of the best scientific evidence of health programs, between the months of January to June 2017. The descriptors used in Spanish and English were “family caregivers”, “primary caregiver”, “pain”, “physical impact”, “low back pain”, “physiotherapy”. A total of 317 articles were obtained, in Spanish, English and French, of which 30 were selected after an in-depth review. Among them, psychopedagogical and psychotherapeutic intervention programs with different application models were found. It is concluded that, despite the methodological differences of the programs, there will always be a positive change in the experience of care; it is also suggested to design transdisciplinary proposals in response to the specific needs of the informal caregiver. https://doi.org/10.16888/interd.2022.39.2.20