ANÁLISE DE SOBRECARGAS ADQUIRIDAS POR CUIDADORES E SEUS PACIENTES COM COMPLICAÇÕES NEUROLÓGICAS ANTES E APÓS UM PROGRAMA DE ORIENTAÇÕES

Abstract

Caregivers support people in need, but most start working with little or no instruction. The project “Functionality and quality of life of patients with neurological complications and their caregivers (relatives)” was linked to the Institutional Program of University Scholarships. Four caregivers and patients assisted by the physiotherapy clinic of the State University of the North of Paraná underwent an initial and final evaluation and a 10-week program about patients´ care at home. The study aimed at evaluating the quality of life, self-esteem and burnout syndrome of patients with neurological complications and their caregivers, before and after a guideline program. It was found that the quality of life was impaired even after the program, self-esteem presented a mean score before and after the orientations (15.5 to 14 for the caregivers and 16.3 to 15.5 for the patients), and a lower influence of burnout after the intervention, decreasing 6.7% of the score.