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Leiva, S., Guerra, L. (2022). Asociación entre sobrecarga del cuidador y la presencia de alteraciones neurológicas en adultos mayores, de una población ambulatoria del centro geriátrico naval del Perú [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/659280
Leiva, S., Guerra, L. Asociación entre sobrecarga del cuidador y la presencia de alteraciones neurológicas en adultos mayores, de una población ambulatoria del centro geriátrico naval del Perú [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/659280
@misc{renati/1291835,
title = "Asociación entre sobrecarga del cuidador y la presencia de alteraciones neurológicas en adultos mayores, de una población ambulatoria del centro geriátrico naval del Perú",
author = "Guerra Ramirez, Lisbeth Nohelia",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2022"
}
Introduction: Suffering caregiver burden greatly damages caregiver's life. However, its association with caring for older adults with neurological disorders is not well studied. The objective of this study is to establish the association between caring for older adults with neurological disorders and suffering from caregiver burden, at the Naval Geriatric Center of Peru, from November 2019 to January 2021. Materials and methods: Analytical, observational, cross-sectional study carried out at the Geriatric Center of the Naval Medical Center. A total of 290 older adult’s caregivers who went to medical consultation were surveyed. Caregiver burden was measured with the Zarit burden scale. Results: A prevalence of caregiver burden of 52.76% was found. The patients that suffered some neurological alteration were 62.76%. When adjusting for sociodemographic variables, being the patient's spouse increased the probability of suffering from caregiver burden by 2.23 times. When adjusting for the variables related to care, caring for a patient with neurological disorder and caring for an older adult for one or two years increased the probability of suffering caregiver burden by 1.86 and 1.91 times, respectively, while having the support of other people decreased the probability of suffering it by 39%. Conclusions: Caregiver overload is associated with caring for an older adult with neurological disorder, being the patient's spouse, caring for one or two years and having the support of other people.
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