Volume 16, Issue 3
SOCIAL SUPPORT AND THE FEELING OF OVERLOAD. A DIFFERENTIAL PSYCHO-SOCIAL RESORT AMONG FEMALE CAREGIVERS OF SPOUSES WITH SLIGHT AND MODERATE DEMENTIA
Abstract
Objective: To analyze the incidence of social support on the feeling of burden in spouses of patients with dementia. Method: Descriptive-comparative design of cross section. 62 spouses were selected, of who 30 and 32 who took care of patients with dementia in mild and moderate stage respectively. A Questionnaire of General performances was administered, the Caregiver Burden Interview and the Inventory of Social Resources. Results: The spouses of patients with mild dementia showed greater satisfaction with the perceived support and presented/ displayed minor burden level. Discussion: It is agreed with other studies that the modulating effect of the social network of the nursemaids would affect the perception of the care situation favorably, generating a smaller level of burden.
Keywords
Informal caregiver, social support, burden, severity of dementia