Abstract
to investigate the association between the domains of health-related quality of life of family caregivers and sociodemographic characteristics of individuals with stroke sequelae. descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative research, conducted with 136 family caregivers of individuals with stroke sequelae by means of home interviews from April to June 2013. we found that caregivers of individuals aged under 65 years, married, with 10 to 12 years of formal education, presented higher scores, respectively, in the domains 'Social aspects', 'Emotional aspects', and 'Mental health'. However, caregivers of patients with higher degree of disability obtained lower score in the 'Mental Health' domain. the results foster reflection on the need of including the family caregivers of individuals with stroke sequelae in the planning of care provided by health professionals.
Highlights
METHODCerebrovascular accident (CVA), referred to as stroke, is the third cause of death in the world, preceded only by heart diseases in general and cancer
Regarding sociodemographic characteristics of the individuals with stroke sequelae, females were prevalent with 51.40%, mean age of 70.43 years, married (48.53%), with educational level of one to four years of formal education (27.94%), retired (80.88%), with personal income of two to three minimum wages (61.76%)
As for the family caregivers’ health-related quality of life, as presented in Table 1, the lowest means of SF-36 scores were observed in the domains ‘Pain’ (40.16), ‘Mental health’ (53.62) and ‘Social aspects’ (54.12); the domains with the highest means were ‘Functional capacity’ (73.09), ‘Vitality’ (65.39) and ‘Emotional Aspects’ (60.54)
Summary
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA), referred to as stroke, is the third cause of death in the world, preceded only by heart diseases in general and cancer This event is defined as an interruption of blood flow to the brain, damaging neurological function[1]. Studies demonstrate that family caregivers are at risk of developing depressive symptoms, anxiety and sleep disorders, which lead to reduced quality of life[3,5]. All these aspects accelerate the caregiver’s health deterioration process, causing deleterious effects, such as appearance or worsening of diseases[3]
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