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      Diferencias de carga en el cuidado asociadas al género Translated title: Differences in burden of care associated with gender

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          Resumen El cuidado informal es un sistema de cuidados que sostienen una sociedad cada vez más envejecida y dependiente. Se sabe que es llevado a cabo en su mayoría por mujeres, pero no se había estudiado si estadísticamente éstas sufren más carga asociada al cuidado que los hombres. Nuestro objetivo es estudiar la diferencia en la carga subjetiva asociada al cuidado. Para ello realizamos una búsqueda en bases de datos bibliográficas de artículos que estudiaban la carga asociada al género, de la cual obtuvimos cinco artículos. Como resultados obtuvimos que no existe solamente un mayor número de mujeres que cuidan, sino que estas experimentan mayor carga a todos los niveles como son la carga psicológica, tensión asociada al cuidado y dificultades para llevar a cabo la tarea del cuidado, síntomas depresivos y cambios negativos en su vida a causa del cuidado. Queda mucho camino en la investigación, pero la base es que los y las profesionales de salud conozcamos nuestra importancia en abordar los problemas con perspectiva de género.

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          Abstract Informal care is a system of care that supports an increasingly aging and dependent society. It is known that it is carried out mostly by women, but it had not been studied if statistically these suffer more burden associated with care than men. Our objective is to study the difference in the subjective load associated with care. To do this, we carried out a search in bibliographic databases of articles that studied the burden associated with gender, from which we obtained five articles. As results we obtained that there is not only a greater number of women who care, but that they experience greater burden at all levels such as the psychological burden, tension associated with care and difficulties to carry out the care task, depressive symptoms and changes negative in your life because of care. There is still a long way to go in research, but the basis is that health professionals know our importance in addressing problems with a gender perspective.

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              This study was conducted to determine the effects of gender on caregiver burden among caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease. Comparative descriptive study. Factors affecting the burden of female and male caregivers (age, total duration of caregiving, mean duration of daily caregiving, education, income, employment status, age of the patients cared for, and Mini-Mental State Examination [MMSE] and Neuropsychiatric Inventory [NPI] scores) were similar (p > .05). The sample consisted of 120 female and 72 male caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Data were collected from patients by means of the MMSE and demographic variables, and data from the Caregiver Burden Inventory [CBI] and NPI were obtained from caregivers, as well as from face-to-face interviews using a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and t-tests were used to describe and analyze data. Female caregivers had significantly higher scores for caregiver burden than their male counterparts (p= .002). Subscale analysis on the CSI revealed that female caregivers had significantly higher scores for caregiver burden than male caregivers on time dependence (p= .040), developmental (p= .002), physical (p= .001), and social burdens (p= .045). No difference was found with respect to emotional burden (p= .718). Results of this study suggest that female caregivers are subjected to a higher level of caregiver burden than male caregivers in Turkey. In subscales, female caregivers experienced more burden than male caregivers in the time dependence, developmental, physical, and social burdens. Emotional burden was similar in both genders. Although caregiver burden has been a much debated issue for many years, it is a relatively new topic in Turkey. In order to provide appropriate care for the patient's and family's cultural values and needs, more studies are needed to be conducted on family members giving care to Alzheimer's patients. It is thought that the findings of the present study will facilitate cross-cultural comparisons and culture-oriented care planning. © 2011 Sigma Theta Tau International.
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                Journal
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                Ene
                Ene.
                Martín Rodríguez Álvaro (Santa Cruz de La Palma, La Palma, Spain )
                1988-348X
                2020
                : 14
                : 1
                : 1416
                Affiliations
                [2] orgnameHospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa Spain
                [3] Andalucía orgnameUniversidad de Jaén Spain
                [1] orgnameHospital El Escorial España
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                S1988-348X2020000100006 S1988-348X(20)01400100006
                26d5a535-5ef5-4046-b7b7-1c12e858b279

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                : 04 May 2019
                : 19 January 2019
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                gender and health,enfermería de atención primaria,atención de enfermería,género y salud,primary care nursing,nursing care

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