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- Title
Qualidade de vida, ansiedade e depressão em cuidadores de crianças com neoplasia cerebral.
- Authors
da Nóbrega, Kenya Idamara Mendonça; Pereira, Carlos Umberto
- Abstract
This work aims in socio-demographic terms children caregivers with brain tumors treated at a public hospital in Aracaju-SE and investigate this group perception as their quality of life, anxiety and depression. 32 caregivers participated of a convenience pattern and three instruments were used: socio-demographic questionnaire, Whoqol-bref and Hads. The sample showed that 100% of caregivers are mothers and grandmother. In evaluating of caregivers quality of life, the physical domain obtained 58.7 of rate; social 57.6, environmental 43.8; psychological, 55.6. The prevalence of anxiety was 50% and depression, 46.9%. The perception of caregivers quality of life was moderate. The social domain was the essential factor to depression and physical domain was anxiety.
- Subjects
BRAIN tumors; JUVENILE diseases; QUALITY of life; CAREGIVERS; ANXIETY in children; DEPRESSION in children; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
- Publication
Psicologia: Teoria e Prática, 2011, Vol 13, Issue 1, p48
- ISSN
1516-3687
- Publication type
Article