Carga de trabajo en los cuidadores primarios de pacientes psiquiátricos en un hospital de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The present investigation arises after the observation of fatigue and apprehension reflected by the main caregivers of psychiatric patients, who require comprehensive support and care, the caregiver does not have preparation and plays an ambiguous role within the health institutions, in comparison with the nursing staff, which is trained to provide patient care during their hospital stay. The relevance of the study lies specifically in the need to determine the burden of primary caregivers, despite its importance it remains clear that there are side effects. Objective: To determine the workload in primary caregivers of psychiatric patients in a hospital in the city of Guayaquil. Design: quantitative, descriptive, prospective and crosssectional study. Population: 80 primary caregivers of psychiatric patients. Results: among the characteristics of the age, there is a greater number of women (29%) and men (5%) from 39 to 48 years, at the time of caregiver, 33% of women and 5% of men have from 1 to 2 years, in the daily time, 48% of women and 8% of men dedicate 6 to 12 hours to the patient, 48% present intense overload. Conclusion: it is evidenced that the majority of caregivers are women aged 39 to 48 years, who are assigned this role because of their experience in family care, and most of them indicate that they assume this responsibility, because the rest relatives claim not to have time.