Sobrecarga do cuidador em demência em uma amostra Brasileira: associação com sintomas neuropsiquiátricos

dn Dementia & Neuropsychologia Dement. neuropsychol. 1980-5764 Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento Resumo Cuidar de idosos com demência, especialmente se eles apresentam transtornos de comportamento, pode ser extremantente exaustivo para os familiares e cuidadores. Geralmente, ocorrem mudanças no estilo de vida da família, e o cuidador precisa lidar com grande diversidade de problemas. Informações sobre este tema na América Latina, incluindo o Brasil, ainda permanece escasso. Objetivo: Investigar a relação entre a presença de sintomas neuropsiquiátricos e o nível de sobrecarga do cuidador em um grupo de idosos brasileiros com demência. Métodos: As versões brasileiras do Inventário de Sobrecarga de Zarit (ISZ) e do Inventário Neuropsiquiátrico (INP) foram administrados a um total de 83 cuidadores-familiares de pacientes com demência acompanhados em um ambulatório universitário. A correlação de Pearson foi calculada para medir o nível de associação entre os escores em ambos os instrumentos. Resultados: Entre os cuidadores, 83,1% eram mulheres, com idade média de 55,6±12,8 anos. Os escores do ISZ variaram entre 3 a 79 (média=31,4). Os escores do INP dos pacientes alcaçaram escores entre 0 a 102 (média=26,9), compatível com elevado grau de manifestações comportamentais na maioria dos pacientes. Uma correlação positiva significativa foi encontrada entre os escores obtidos no ISZ e o INP (r=0,402; p=0,000). Conclusão: A presença e a gravidade das manifestações comportamentais avaliadas pelo INP estão associadas ao alto nível de sobrecarga do cuidador nesta amostra de idosos brasileiros com demência. Texto completo disponível apenas em PDF. Full text available only in PDF format. References 1 1. Taub A, Andreoli SB, Bertolucci PH. Dementia caregiver burden: reliability of the Brazilian version of the Zarit caregiver burden interview. 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