Estudio del proceso de atención al cuidador familiar en el Centro de Salud de Rafalafena (Castellón)

Abstract

Objectives To evaluate the care process provided to the main caregiver of the dependent patients from the C.S.Rafalafena (Castellón) Methodology A retrospective longitudinal descriptive study of the clinical records of family caregivers has been carried out. Family caregivers included in this study meet the following inclusion criteria: diagnosis NANDA-I D00061 Fatigue of caregiver role and D00062 Risk of fatigue of caregiver role,treating in the 2014-2016 period, belonging to the CS Rafalafena and registered in the computerized clinical history (HCI). An exhaustive sampling of the population under study has been carried out, since there is an infra diagnosis of the caregivers, obtaining a total of 32 subjects. Results: Among selectec caregivers, 37.5% were diagnosed as fatigue of the caregiver role and 62.5% as risk of fatigue of caregiver role. Among the variables proposed by the assessment guide, the most frequent(in decreasing order) were: affective bond (50%), Zarit Test (37.5%), Barthel index (15.6%), Pfeiffer questionnaire (12.5%), Lawton Brody scale (6.3%) and Goldberg's anxiety scale(6.3%). Conclusion: From the care process evaluation provided to the main caregiver, strengths and weaknesses were observed: Among the strengths, we can highlight that the process fits the recommendations proposed in the guide. Main weaknesses are related with the use of different language among nurses, primary care physicians and social workers to label the caregiver population making difficult to design the monitoring of the recruitment phase.