Nivel de carga en los cuidadores de personas con discapacidad severa
Keywords:
Nivel de carga, Cuidadores, Persona con discapacidad severa, Trabajo SocialAbstract
The present study was carried out for the purpose of determining the levels of load that the carers of persons with severe disabilities have, based on a design of bibliographical or documentary study, with the participation of the population under study, comprised of thirty carers of persons with severe disabilities. For which, the Questionnaire on the burden of the Zarit caregiver was applied to them, giving as results that 60% of the total of the surveyed sample present overload, where 36.67% experience an intense overload and 23.33% a slight overload. Therefore, it was determined that the overload in the caregiver is due to many significant factors, such as not having the support of other family members in the care of the person with severe disability, difficulty in reconciling care with household tasks, family and economic problems, thoughts about the future of their family member, circumstances that over time become stressful causing alterations in the emotional well-being of the caregiver.
Keywords: Level of burden, Caregivers, Severely disabled person, Social Work.
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