Sobrecarga del cuidador de la persona con discapacidad y su relación con la funcionalidad familiar, Sinincay 2015-2016

Abstract

Objective: to determine the frequency of overload of the caregiver of the person with disability and its relation with the familiar functionality and associated factors, in the parish of Sinincay.

Methodology: a quantitative, analytical and transversal study was carried out with 190 caregivers of persons with disabilities belonging to the parish of Sinincay in the city of Cuenca between the years 2015 and 2016. In order to establish the demographic characteristics of the population and the level of Caregiver overload was used data collection questionnaires and the Zarit test and to determine the family functionality the FF.SIL test. The variables were expressed in percentages and in absolute frequencies. Factors associated with the overload of the caregiver of the person with disability were determined by Odds Ratio (OR) with their confidence interval and Chi square. Statistically significant results were considered at p <0.05.

Results: the characteristics of the population showed that the caregivers were predominantly female: 87.4%, under 65: 76.3%, married: 62.1%, performed QQDD: 65.3%, with 45.8%, nuclear family: 64.2%, the predominant disability is physical: 52.1%, the overload of the caregiver found was 55.8%, of the caregivers who presented overload 75, 5% had family dysfunction (p: 0.001). A statistically significant association between the caregiver's overload and visual impairment was found in the bivariate analysis (RP: 0.159, Confidence Interval: Lower: 0.04, Upper: 0.157 (p < 0.002).

Conclusions: In the Sinincay parish there is a high frequency of caregiver overload with a statistically significant association between caregiver overload and family dysfunction and visual impairment