Associação entre o apoio social e o perfil de cuidadores familiares de pacientes com incapacidades e dependência

Abstract

Estudo descritivo, transversal, cujo objetivo foi analisar a associação entre as dimensões de apoio social e o perfil de cuidadores familiares de pacientes com dependência. Entrevistaram-se 110 cuidadores, utilizando os seguintes instrumentos: questionário de caracterização sociodemográfica, Social Network Index , Medical Outcomes Study e Índice de Barthel. Os testes U de Mann-Whitney e Kruskal-Wallis foram usados para comparar as dimensões de apoio social e as variáveis qualitativas, e a correlação de Spearman para as variáveis quantitativas. Cuidadores que não sabiam ler nunca haviam estudado apresentaram melhor percepção de apoio social em todas as dimensões, exceto na afetiva. Na dimensão interação positiva, aqueles que possuíam companheiro e negaram sobrecarga apresentaram média superior a dos demais grupos. O número de familiares e amigos apresentou correlação com todas as dimensões de apoio social. Os resultados indicam que a rede social é importante para a percepção de apoio.

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