Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso de Graduação
Reflexões acerca da qualidade de vida de cuidadores formais e informais de idosos no período de pandemia da Covid-19
Fecha
2023-01-26Autor
Santos, Bruna Bastos Lopes
Cassol, Flaviane de Oliveira
Institución
Resumen
Objective: To reflect on the quality of life of formal and informal caregivers of the elderly
during the Covid-19 pandemic period. Methodology: Quantitative descriptive study
conducted with twenty formal and informal caregivers of the elderly. The data were collected
online and in person by applying the sociodemographic questionnaire and the World Health
Organization Quality of Life Bref (WHOQOL-Bref) quality of life assessment instrument.
Results: The sociodemographic data point to the prevalence of female gender, family
caregivers, daughters, older than 45 years, married, with complete high school or college
education, time of care from one year and full-time care. As for the WHOQOL-bref, there
was less QL for the psychological and environment domains. Conclusion: We conclude that
there was a mild to moderate impact on the burden, however, with changes in the quality of
life of the caregivers of the elderly evaluated during the pandemic of COVID-19, being the
informal caregivers - family members the most impacted.