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Cobos, R., Vasquez, L. (2023). Impacto psicológico en cuidadores de adultos mayores durante la pandemia del COVID19 en Lima 2022: determinando el síndrome de sobrecarga del cuidador, depresión, ansiedad y factores asociados [Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/13984
Cobos, R., Vasquez, L. Impacto psicológico en cuidadores de adultos mayores durante la pandemia del COVID19 en Lima 2022: determinando el síndrome de sobrecarga del cuidador, depresión, ansiedad y factores asociados []. PE: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/13984
@misc{renati/686107,
title = "Impacto psicológico en cuidadores de adultos mayores durante la pandemia del COVID19 en Lima 2022: determinando el síndrome de sobrecarga del cuidador, depresión, ansiedad y factores asociados",
author = "Vasquez Lopez, Lucero Teresa",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia",
year = "2023"
}
Introduction: Caring for an elderly person represents one of the jobs with the greatest burden. Therefore, it is common for the primary caregiver, an individual who maintains frequent contact with the patient and is responsible for him/her, to suffer from physical and/or mental exhaustion, depression, and anxiety. In addition, the COVID19 pandemic created a context in which these symptoms increased. This grouping of symptoms is known as Psychological Impact. Objective: To determine the psychological impact on caregivers of older adults during the COVID19 pandemic and associated factors. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional-analytical study of 325 participants. A 48-question questionnaire was used that included the independent variables age, gender, kinship, death of family member due to COVID19, type of caregiver, and patient's disease. Scales were then included to measure the dependent variables such as Zarit to measure caregiver overload, PHQ9 score for levels of depressive symptoms and GAD7 score for anxiety symptoms. The significant presence of at least one of these variables was considered as psychological impact. Results: 229 were female (70.46%) and 96 (29.54%) were male. The mean age was 41.8 years. The number of caregivers who presented psychological impact was 165 (50.7%). Being an older adult caregiver was associated with presenting psychological impact (p=0.039) Conclusion: Half of the caregivers studied (50.7%) had a psychological impact during the COVID19 pandemic. Being an older adult caregiver (age older than 60 years) was associated with psychological impact.
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