Tiredness, Care and Impact on Family Caregivers of Older Adults with Chronic Degenerative Diseases

• DOI: 10.1989/ejihpe.v4i2.62
• Publication Date: 2021-04-12T20:46:04Z
• Authors: María Asunción Vi...; Carmen de la Cruz...; Ramón Antonio Mor...; Clara Magdalena M...; María de los Ánge...
• Keywords: repercusiones; cuidador; cuidados; 01 natural sciences; tiredness; Adulto mayor; cares; Psychology; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences; Older adult; caregiver; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences; cansancio; repercussions; enfermedades crónico degenerativas; 05 social sciences; Older adult; chronic degenerative diseases; caregiver; tiredness; cares; repercussions; BF1-990; 3. Good health; chronic degenerative diseases; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270

Chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, may limit the older adults’ ability to execute daily life activities; generating tiredness and/or overload on the caregivers. Objective: To determine the existing relationship between tiredness, the caregiver and the effects on the caregiver’s health. Method: Quantitative analytic study. The sample was assembled with 123 family caregivers and 123 older adults with a chronic degenerative disease. The sampling method was non-probabilistic. Results and Discussion: It was found association between tiredness and care’s repercussions (r=.438, p<.01), this suggest that, the higher the fatigue presented by the caregivers, higher the repercussions in their health will be (r=.546, p<.01). Also, a correlation from the care given by the familiar and the repercussions on the caregiver’s health (r=.546, p<.01), indicating that, the more extensive and complex the care given, greater the affectation this will have on the caregiver´s health. The care was related with the tiredness allows us to affirm that the more extensive and complex the care, the more tiredness is perceived by the caregiver (r=.109, p<.01). Conclusion: The caregiver’s tiredness is high; it is associated with the overload of the care and has several repercussions on the health or the wellbeing and future interdisciplinary-based interventions.