Tiredness, Care and Impact on Family Caregivers of Older Adults with Chronic Degenerative Diseases
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16945654 |
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| Authors | María Asunción Vicente Ruiz (0000-0001-8932-3495, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, corresponding author), Carmen de la Cruz García (0000-0003-3047-8470, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco), Ramón Antonio Morales Navarrete (Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco), Clara Magdalena Martínez Hernández (Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco), María de los Ángeles Villarreal Reyna (Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 151-160 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2174-8144 • E-ISSN: 2254-9625 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ejihpe4020014 |
| OpenAlex | W3217798371 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
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
Chronic disease · Disease · Family caregivers · Family medicine · Health care · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Aging, Health, and Disability · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Medicine · Nursing care and research · Psychology · Gerontology
| Highly cited | No |
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