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- Title
QUALITY OF LIFE AND WORK OVERLOAD AMONG ELDERLY OUTPATIENT CAREGIVERS.
- Authors
de Oliveira, Déborah Cristina; de Carvalho, Gisele Souza Fontanini; Stella, Florindo; Higa, Celina Matiko Hori; D'Elboux, Maria José
- Abstract
We evaluated the quality of life related to health and work overloads among 126 caregivers to patients at two geriatric outpatient clinics of a university hospital, as well as the association between overloads and demographic and clinical variables, using an exploratory, descriptive, cross sectional and quantitative approach. The Zarit Burden Interview, a socio-demographic and clinical characterization instrument, was used to assess perceived workloads and the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) was used to assess quality of life related of health. Descriptive, comparative, correlative, and multivariate data analyses were carried out. There was significant difference between two outpatient caregiver workloads; all socio-demographic aspects and variables related to care were associated to worsemng at least one dimension of the SF-36; frequent illnesses among caregivers were related to a worsening of their quality of life related to health, demonstrating the wear experienced by caregivers to the elderly in these health care units.
- Subjects
QUALITY of life; EMPLOYEES' workload; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; OUTPATIENT medical care; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-sectional method; QUANTITATIVE research
- Publication
Texto & Contexto Enfermagem, 2011, Vol 20, Issue 2, p234
- ISSN
0104-0707
- Publication type
Article