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Revista Cuidarte
Print version ISSN 2216-0973On-line version ISSN 2346-3414
Abstract
RUIZ VALENCIA, Luis Felipe; GORDILLO SIERRA, Alisson Michelle and GALVIS LOPEZ, Clara Rocío. Basic conditioning factors in informal caregivers of chronic patients at home. Rev Cuid [online]. 2019, vol.10, n.3, e608. Epub Dec 20, 2019. ISSN 2216-0973. https://doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.v10i3.608.
Introduction
The increase in chronic diseases places informal caregivers at the patient’s home. Caregivers assume multiple responsibilities immersed in a set of variables that Dorothea Orem calls Conditioning Factors. The objective of this study is to describe the Basic Conditioning Factors of informal caregivers who attended a 2011-2015 training program.
Materials and Methods
Descriptive cross-sectional study with a sample size of 110 informal caregivers. A form of basic conditioning factors was designed for data collection, considering the internal and external variables proposed by Orem that were adapted to the living conditions of the informal caregivers.
Results
Prevalence of adult women, daughters, with a partner, they coexist with the ill person and there is a high perception of support according to Zimet, as well as development and family-system factors, 10-year care on average, total and serious dependence of the person in care according to Barthel, as factors inherent to the ill person’s role.
Discussion
Internal and external factors impact the caregivers’ life and may generate self-care deficits and affect their lives, health and well-being in various ways.
Conclusions
Identifying basic conditioning factors in the life of caregivers at home allows setting accompanying strategies to be used by nursing professionals and nursing students to strengthen the self-care skills of caregivers and promote the quality of life of the person in care.
Keywords : Self-Care; Caregivers; Skill; Home Care.