Qualidade de vida, ansiedade e depressão em cuidadores de criança com neoplasia cerebral

• Ano de defesa: 2010
• Autor(a) principal: Nóbrega, Kenya Idamara Mendonça da
• Orientador(a): Pereira, Carlos Umberto
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Sergipe
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Sistema nervoso central; Cuidadores; Qualidade de vida; Ansiedade; Depressão
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Central nervous system; Caregivers; Quality of life; Anxiety; Depression
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA
• Link de acesso: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/3734

Background: From technological advances the patients survival with tumors of central nervous system has increased and due to this situation, it was necessary evaluate the quality of life and emotional state of both patients and their caregivers. Purposes: Distinguish in socio-demographic terms children caregivers with brain tumors treated at a public hospital in Aracaju-SE, as well as to investigate this group perception as their quality of life, anxiety and depression. Methods: 32 caregivers participated of a convenience pattern and three instruments were used: socio-demographic questionnaire, WHOQOL-bref and HADS. Data were analyzed using statistical program SPSS, 15.0. Results: The pattern showed that 100% of caregivers are female, with age greater than or equal to 18 years (32.1 ± 6.8), 96.6% were mothers (p <0.0001) and 65.6% have three or more children (p = 0.0001). Furthermore, 46.9% have primary education (p = 0.004), 43.8% were from Sergipe s counties (p = 0.01) and 75% didn t receive help to take care child (p=0.005). 46.9% caregivers didn t have a paid employment prior to the child's illness and with disease s advent, this proportion rose to 90.6% (p <0.001), although in both cases the predominant income was the minimum wage.The physical domain had the best rating among caregivers (58.7), followed by social domain (57.6). The environmental showed the worst one among caregivers (43.8), followed by psychological (55.6). There was a relevant association of environmental field with the physical domains only (p <0.0001) and social (p = 0.05). The psychological domain was positively correlated with the physical one. (p = 0.01).The prevalence of anxiety was 50% while depression was 46.9%. Conclusions: The perception of caregivers quality of life was moderate, the average caregivers QOL among the areas was 53.9. The social domain were associate with presence for anxiety and the physical and environment were associate with presence for depression.