Quality of life
Conditions
Interventions
Since it is a quasi-experimental study, there was no group control, with the control or the participant himself at the end of the study.
Twenty family caregivers of elderly people with high dependenc
2) a gerontological plan for individualized social support
3) guidance and information from the researcher on informational social support focused on the care of the elderly and the caregiver's non-self-care, among other topics.
The strategies used to impleme
2) home visits for interaction, recommendations, instructions and teaching caregivers about informative social support
3) telephone contacts to carry out reforms on informational social support
and 4) communication of caregivers via message with a principal investigator.
The follow-up period was 4 weeks.
Other
Sponsors
Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo
Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Be 18 years of age or older; Both sexes; Being a family caregiver for at least three months; Reside in the municipality of Ribeirão Preto; Own smartphone
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Being a professional caregiver for the elderly; Elderly resident of LTI; Elderly not being followed up on an outpatient basis at GEAD
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assess the increase in social information support. It is expected that after the intervention there will be an increase in social information support. It was verified using the Medical Outcomes Social (MOS) social support assessment instrument before and after the intervention. After 4 weeks of follow-up, despite an increase in the levels of social support, there were no statistically significant changes in the informational social support, verified by the analysis of mixed effects. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assess the improvement in quality of life. It is expected that after the intervention there will be an improvement in the quality of life. It was verified using the WHOQOL-Bref assessment instrument before and after the intervention. After 4 weeks of follow-up, there was an improvement with statistical significance in the physical domains (5.71 points more in the post-intervention stage) and social relationships (13.2 points more in the post-intervention stage) in quality of life, as verified by mixed effects analysis.;Assess the decrease in the presence of depressive symptoms It is expected that after the intervention there will be a decrease in depressive symptoms. It was verified using the CES-D assessment instrument before and after the intervention. After 4 weeks of follow-up, there was a 64.21% decrease in the presence of depressive symptoms in the post-intervention stage, verified by the Wilcoxon Test and by the analysis of mixed effects.;Assess the decrease in burden. It is expected that after the intervention there will be a decrease in burden. It was verified using the informal caregiver burden assessment questionnaire (QASCI) before and after the intervention. After 4 weeks of follow-up, there was a decrease of 20.55% in the post-intervention stage in the domain of effectiveness and control of burden, verified by the analysis of mixed effects.;Assess the decrease in emotional discomfort. It is expected that after the intervention there will be a reduction in emotional discomfort. It was verified using the emotional discomfort assessment instrument (SRQ-20) before and after the intervention. After 4 weeks of follow-up, although there was a decrease in the levels of emotional discomfort, there were no statistically significant changes in emotional discomfort, verified by the analysis of mixed effects. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactGabriela Gesualdo
Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo
Outcome results
None listed