Life Change Events
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group: 86 family caregivers of patients with chronic illnesses attended Home Care Program receives the encouragement of self the care, through self-remembrance and writing techniques and
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Primary family caregiver of a patient with a chronic condition treated by the Home Care Program; resident in Pelotas in Rio Grande do Sul; age greater than or equal to 18 years; minimum dedication of 12 hours a day to care; literate; communication in Portuguese.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Not being available to receive the care interventions; death of the person with chronic disease in care; have someone resident of the domicile with a positive result for coronavirus during the data collection period.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected to observe an improvement in the burden and quality of life of family caregivers of patients with chronic illnesses, assessment using the WOQOL-BREF and Zarit Burden Interview instrument, before and after the application of the intervention incitement to self-care, which consists in the application of remembrance techniques and self-writing. The encouragement of self-care will be offered to the intervention group in two home visits with an interval of 21 to 30 days. For a comparison analysis before and after the intervention, the Wilcoxon test will be used, which is a non-parametric method for comparing two pairs, that is, when these two are dependent, in this case, the same individual was measured more than once - once before and once after the intervention. For an analysis of comparison between the intervention and control groups, the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test will be used, since, in this case, how they are independent, that is, the results of different individuals will be compared. The significance level for all tests will be 95% (a = 0.05) and will follow the intention-to-treat principle. P values ??will be expressed to the third decimal place with p values ??< 0.05 expressed as p < 0.05. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| No secondary outcomes are expected. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactStefanie Oliveira
Outcome results
None listed