Prevalencia del síndrome de sobrecarga en el cuidador principal de la persona con discapacidad adscrita al Bono Joaquín Gallegos Lara, en la parroquia Macas, cantón Zamora, provincia de Morona Santiago, en el año 2022.

Abstract

The present investigation has the general objective of analyzing the burden on the main caregiver of the person with disabilities assigned to the Joaquín Gallegos Lara bond in the Macas parish, Morona canton, period 2022. For this, a mixed approach methodological design was used, with a sample of 40 caregivers to whom the Zarit Test was applied and a sample of 16 caregivers interviewed and applied in a focus group. From the results it was possible to obtain that these main caregivers are mostly women, exercising roles of mothers in almost 100% of the cases surveyed, who according to their answers refer to problems at the level of their physical and mental health, limitations in their social relationships and leisure activities, as well as economic problems, all of which have seriously affected their living conditions. In relation to these data, it is concluded that this social group of main caregivers of people with disabilities needs to be included as vulnerable people who need special policies and laws for their protection and enjoyment of rights. Working for which together, with the State, families and other organizations of society, to allow these people a better quality of life and avoid this caregiver overload.