%0 Journal Article
%T Perfil psicosocial del cuidador primario informal del paciente con EPOC
%A Islas Salas
%A Noem¨ª Lucero
%A Ramos del R¨ªo
%A Bertha
%A Aguilar Estrada
%A Ma. Guadalupe
%A Garc¨ªa Guill¨¦n
%A Ma. de Lourdes
%J Revista del Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias
%D 2006
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X introduction: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) affects patient and patient's family quality of life. nearly 75% of patients with copd are unable to perform their usual daily chores without the help of a caretaker. objective: to describe the psychosocial profile of the informal primary caretaker (ipc) of patients with copd in our socioeconomic environment. method: prospective, descriptive, horizontal study during july and august 2006; i pcs arriving to the outpatient clinic with their patients with copd were submitted to the health's ipc questionary. results: forty six ipcs were interviewed; 76.1% were female, 66.7% were married, 32.6% were patients' wives, 32.6% daughters, 67.4% were illiterate, 52.2% were housewives and 84.8% shared the home with the patient, 50% had not seen a physician during the previous six months. only 37% reported light and 23.9% moderate stress during their caretaking chores; 63% reported sadness and/or depression, 52.2% anger and irritability, 50% fear and anxiety, 58.7% rest and sleep difficulties, 73.3% muscular tension and 45.7% fatigue. conclusions: the psychosocial profile of the ipc in our study is consistent with that of reports from m¨¦xico and other countries. the importance of the ipc as a caretaker of patients with copd is underscored, as well as the need to develop protocols to train and help the needs of the ipc.
%K copd
%K informal primary caretaker
%K psychosocial profile
%K stress.
%U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0187-75852006000400006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en