Family Caregiver’s Psychosocial Characterization of the Patient with Oncological Conditions
<strong>Background:</strong> among the problems faced by family caregivers of patients with oncological diseases is the fact that they take care of their relatives without the specific knowledge or skills required for the exercise of care, which generates an overload in them. <strong&...
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| author | Juan Luis Figueredo Tornés Anierka Lanz Rodés Marely Figueredo Fonseca Magaly Hidalgo Rodríguez Maricel Figueredo Fonseca Laritza Benítez Téllez |
| author_facet | Juan Luis Figueredo Tornés Anierka Lanz Rodés Marely Figueredo Fonseca Magaly Hidalgo Rodríguez Maricel Figueredo Fonseca Laritza Benítez Téllez |
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| description | <strong>Background:</strong> among the problems faced by family caregivers of patients with oncological diseases is the fact that they take care of their relatives without the specific knowledge or skills required for the exercise of care, which generates an overload in them. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> to identify the main psychosocial characteristics of the family caregiver of the patient with oncological conditions in the urban area of Niquero, during the period from November 2019 to March 2022. <br /><strong>Methods: </strong>a descriptive study was carried out in the period from November 2019 to March 2022 in the Niquero municipality in the Granma province. The universe of study was made up of 305 family caregivers of patients with oncological conditions, choosing a sample of 255 of them by means of the established criteria. The variables analyzed were: age, sex, level of education, psychosocial factors present. An intentional and probabilistic sampling was carried out. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> the age group prevailed in the family caregivers of cancer patients aged 50-59 years, the female sex and as level of education, the basic secondary predominated, fear was the emotional state most referred to by them. In the social background, the unfavorable economic situation was the one that prevailed, as well as the level of inadequate family coping with the role of caregiver. <br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> fear, the unfavorable economic situation and the inadequate level of coping with the role of caregiver, were the main psychosocial characteristics that prevailed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0363064dea9e4734af44af224decc5fb2025-01-30T21:22:02ZspaUniversidad de las Ciencias Médicas de CienfuegosRevista Finlay2221-24342023-02-011313543618Family Caregiver’s Psychosocial Characterization of the Patient with Oncological ConditionsJuan Luis Figueredo Tornés0Anierka Lanz Rodés1Marely Figueredo Fonseca2Magaly Hidalgo Rodríguez3Maricel Figueredo Fonseca4Laritza Benítez Téllez5Policlínico Comunitario Ernesto Guevara de la Serna. Niquero. Granma.Policlínico Comunitario Ernesto Guevara de la Serna. Niquero. Granma.Policlínico Comunitario Ernesto Guevara de la Serna. Niquero. Granma.Policlínico Comunitario Ernesto Guevara de la Serna. Niquero. Granma.Policlínico Comunitario Ernesto Guevara de la Serna. Niquero. Granma.Policlínico Comunitario Raúl Podio Saborit. Media Luna. Granma.<strong>Background:</strong> among the problems faced by family caregivers of patients with oncological diseases is the fact that they take care of their relatives without the specific knowledge or skills required for the exercise of care, which generates an overload in them. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> to identify the main psychosocial characteristics of the family caregiver of the patient with oncological conditions in the urban area of Niquero, during the period from November 2019 to March 2022. <br /><strong>Methods: </strong>a descriptive study was carried out in the period from November 2019 to March 2022 in the Niquero municipality in the Granma province. The universe of study was made up of 305 family caregivers of patients with oncological conditions, choosing a sample of 255 of them by means of the established criteria. The variables analyzed were: age, sex, level of education, psychosocial factors present. An intentional and probabilistic sampling was carried out. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> the age group prevailed in the family caregivers of cancer patients aged 50-59 years, the female sex and as level of education, the basic secondary predominated, fear was the emotional state most referred to by them. In the social background, the unfavorable economic situation was the one that prevailed, as well as the level of inadequate family coping with the role of caregiver. <br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> fear, the unfavorable economic situation and the inadequate level of coping with the role of caregiver, were the main psychosocial characteristics that prevailed.https://revfinlay.sld.cu/index.php/finlay/article/view/1213cuidadores familiarescáncerconocimientos actitudes y prácticas en salud |
| spellingShingle | Juan Luis Figueredo Tornés Anierka Lanz Rodés Marely Figueredo Fonseca Magaly Hidalgo Rodríguez Maricel Figueredo Fonseca Laritza Benítez Téllez Family Caregiver’s Psychosocial Characterization of the Patient with Oncological Conditions Revista Finlay cuidadores familiares cáncer conocimientos actitudes y prácticas en salud |
| title | Family Caregiver’s Psychosocial Characterization of the Patient with Oncological Conditions |
| title_full | Family Caregiver’s Psychosocial Characterization of the Patient with Oncological Conditions |
| title_fullStr | Family Caregiver’s Psychosocial Characterization of the Patient with Oncological Conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Family Caregiver’s Psychosocial Characterization of the Patient with Oncological Conditions |
| title_short | Family Caregiver’s Psychosocial Characterization of the Patient with Oncological Conditions |
| title_sort | family caregiver s psychosocial characterization of the patient with oncological conditions |
| topic | cuidadores familiares cáncer conocimientos actitudes y prácticas en salud |
| url | https://revfinlay.sld.cu/index.php/finlay/article/view/1213 |
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