Health problems of family caregivers of people over 65 suffering from chronic renal failure: a systematic review

Chronic renal insufficiency demands specific, continuous and varied care, which affects the health of family caregi-vers. Therefore, we propose to determine the health problems of family caregivers who care for patients over 65 years with chronic renal failure, due to increased risk and prevalence f...

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Published inAnales del sistema sanitario de Navarra Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 425 - 438
Main Authors Guerra-Martín, M D, Amador-Marín, B, Martínez-Montilla, J M
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
English
Published Spain 01.09.2015
Subjects
Caregivers
Family Health
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic - nursing
Quality of Life
Stress, Psychological
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Summary:Chronic renal insufficiency demands specific, continuous and varied care, which affects the health of family caregi-vers. Therefore, we propose to determine the health problems of family caregivers who care for patients over 65 years with chronic renal failure, due to increased risk and prevalence from this age onwards. For this purpose, we made a systematic review of the scientific literature on different national and international databases in the last ten years. Nine-teen studies were selected. These refer to the influence of the severity of the burden and lower quality of life of these caregivers. Psychological disorders are the health problems that are most mentioned. This knowledge may serve for developing strategies for a socio-medical approach, which might lead to improved quality of life, not only of caregivers but also of patients.
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ISSN:1137-6627
DOI:10.23938/ASSN.0283