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- Title
Efecto de un programa educativo para cuidadores de personas ancianas: una perspectiva cultural.
- Authors
Velásquez, Vilma; López, Lucero; López, Heddy; Cataño, Nhora; Muñoz, Esperanza
- Abstract
Objective Determining the effect of implementing a culturally-based educational program for caregivers working with the elderly in conditions of disability and poverty in a sector of Bogota, Colombia; perceived health, family functioning, caregiver burden and depression were the variables of interest. Methods This was a quasi-experimental study, involving using pre-test and post-test;56 family caregivers participated: 37 in the experimental group and 19 in the control group. The educational program consisted of six group sessions with a 30-day interval. Each session had five phases: sensitization, culturally-appropriate information, decision-making, commitment to action and closure. These were led by a nurse who was an expert in gerontology-geriatrics and transcultural nursing. Several scales were applied: self-perception of health, family Apgar, caregiver burden and depression scale. Results The culturally-based educational program had statistically significant effects on the variables being considered: family functioning (T=2.506; p=0.015) and caregiver burden (p=-2.149 T=0.036). Self-perception of health and depression revealed no statistically significant differences. Discussion Health education activities addressed from a cultural approach may lead to co-creating therapeutic diversity arising from dialogue and mediation between popular and professional knowledge. It could be a key against the lack of success in users' adherence to health facilities and treatment.
- Subjects
BOGOTA (Colombia); COLOMBIA; OLDER people; CAREGIVERS; EDUCATIONAL programs; DISABILITIES; POVERTY; MENTAL depression
- Publication
Revista de Salud Pública, 2011, Vol 13, Issue 3, p458
- ISSN
0124-0064
- Publication type
Article