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Revista Salud Uninorte
versão impressa ISSN 0120-5552
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LEAL SOTO, Francisco; ESPINOSA CORTES, Carolina; VEGA TERRAZAS, Jacqueline e VEGA TERRAZAS, Stephanie. Sobrecargas objetivas y nivel de apoyo familiar a pacientes adultos con esquizofrenia: Objective overcharges and familiar support level to adult patients with schizophrenian. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2012, vol.28, n.2, pp.218-226. ISSN 0120-5552.
Objective: The aim of this work was to determine if objective charges decreasing the sup-port the relatives in charge give to their schizophrenic patient. Materials and method: A survey was applied as an interview to 61 adults, who was in charge of care of schizophrenic patient. The survey evaluated the objective charges added to the family when assuming the patient's care, as well the support that the family offers him. Results: Results showed that most of the relatives gives high level of support to the pa-tient, at the same time that objective charges added to the family are moderate. There was a significant negative correlation explaining 12% of the variance among both variables. Conclusion: It is concluded that a bigger load family is associated with a smaller support level to the patients.
Palavras-chave : Objective overcharge; social (familiar) support; schizophrenia.