Bienestar y apoyo social en cuidadores informales de pacientes oncológicos atendidos en fundaciones particulares del cantón Cuenca en el período 2019-2020

Abstract

The presence of a chronic disease such as cancer entails a series of modifications in the different dimensions of psychological development not only of the patient who suffers from it, but also of the person who assumes the role of caregiver, thus, the present work set out the objective of describing the scores of well-being and the perception of social support in informal caregivers of patients diagnosed with cancer with an approach from the perspective of positive psychology. The specific objectives were to identify the factors of well-being and the dimensions of functional social support and describe the factors of well-being and the dimensions of social support that predominate according to sociodemographic variables. The dedicated research approach was quantitative with a descriptive scope and non-experimental design. The study population was 40 informal caregivers who went to two private foundations in the city of Cuenca. The PERMA profiler Well-being Scale adapted to the Ecuadorian context and the Duke-UNK Functional Social Support Questionnaire were used. The results obtained showed that the majority of the caregivers presented a state of well-being with high values. They perceived their functional social support as adequate. The predominant values were for women, higher studies participants, late adults and free union civil status persons. The findings experienced came to the conclusion that informal caregivers are perceived as being able to achieve goals, find the meaning of their actions and manage social relationships with their loved ones of a favorably way to face of adverse situations