Leukemia is the type of cancer that occurs more in children and teenagers. The chronic-degenerative nature of the disease makes that the minors need someone responsible for their care known as informal primary caregiver. Generally, the primary caregiver role, who attends all the patient needs, it's acquired by the father or mother of the minor. The demands of that labor can bring negative physiological and psychosocial consequences. Objective: to determine the relationship and the difference by sex and disease phase of the minor in the levels of stress, burden and anxiety of primary caregivers of boys and girls with leukemia in Hidalgo. Method: through a non-probability sampling of volunteers subjects were selected N = 50 female primary caregivers. To measure the variables they were used the following instruments: Perceived Stress Scale, Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale and Beck Anxiety Inventory. Results: showed positive and statistically significant correlations between anxiety-burden and stress-anxiety. It also found that the caregivers of boys have higher levels of anxiety than caregivers of girls and caregivers of patients in active phase of the disease have higher burden compared with caregivers of patients in remission phase. Conclusion: there are some high levels of stress, burden and anxiety in caregivers. There exists correlation between anxiety-stress and burdenanxiety. The caregivers of boys have more anxiety. The caregivers of children in active phase of the disease present more burden. Keywords:Stress, burden, anxiety, primary caregiver European Scientific Journal August 2017 edition Vol.13, No.24 ISSN: 1857 -7881 (Print) e -ISSN 1857-7431 80 ResumenLa leucemia es el tipo de cáncer que más se presenta en niños y adolescentes. La naturaleza crónica-degenerativa de la enfermedad hace que los menores necesiten de alguien responsable de su cuidado conocido como cuidador primario informal. Generalmente, el rol de cuidador primario, quien atiende todas las necesidades del paciente, es adquirido por el padre o madre del menor. Las demandas de dicha labor pueden traer consecuencias negativas a nivel fisiológico y psicosocial. Objetivo: determinar la relación y la diferencia por sexo y fase de la enfermedad del menor en los niveles de estrés, sobrecarga y ansiedad en cuidadoras primarias de niños y niñas con leucemia en Hidalgo. Método: a través de una muestra no probabilística de sujetos voluntarios se seleccionaron N = 50 cuidadoras primarias. Para medir las variables se utilizaron los siguientes instrumentos: Escala de Estrés Percibido, Escala de Carga del Cuidador de Zarit e Inventario de Ansiedad de Beck. Resultados: se encontraron correlaciones positivas y estadísticamente significativas entre ansiedad-sobrecarga y estrés-ansiedad. También se encontró que las cuidadoras de niños presentan mayores niveles de ansiedad que las cuidadoras de niñas y las cuidadoras de pacientes en fase activa de la enfermedad presentan mayor sobrecarga en comparación con las cuidadoras de pacientes en fase de remisión....
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