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- Title
Habilidades del cuidador primario de mujeres mastectomizadas.
- Authors
Ostiguín-Meléndez, Rosa María; Rivas-Herrera, José Cruz; Vallejo-Allende, Maite; Crespo-Knopfler, Silvia; Alvarado-Aguilar, Salvador
- Abstract
Objective. To describe the abilities in care, mastectomized women primary caregivers (PC) have, in terms of knowledge, value and patience. Methodology. Cross sectional descriptive study carried out in 2010 in the National Institute of cancerology in Mexico City. A sample of 100 primary caregivers was used. For the abilities measurement the instrument "caring abilities inventory", which has 3 subscales, Knowledge, value and patience, was used. Correlations were estimated among the sum of the terms comparing them with the sociodemographic variables. Results. 41% of the PC were men, 77% were married, 41% were the patient's children and 32% their couple, most of them had a paid job. Caregivers mean age was 43 years. Regarding caregiver abilities a high score for the dimensions knowledge and patience, and a low score for value was found. The correlation between value and patience was low. Conclusion. The most important abilities caregivers must have are knowledge and patience. Value didn't show such relevance.
- Subjects
MEXICO City (Mexico); MEXICO; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-sectional method; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; STATISTICAL correlation; OCCUPATIONS; WOMEN
- Publication
Investigacion & Educacion en Enfermeria, 2012, Vol 30, Issue 1, p9
- ISSN
0120-5307
- Publication type
Article