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Investigaciones Andina

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HENAO BURITICA, Adiela; FERNANDEZ RINCON, Carmen Aydé  e  GARCIA GARCIA, Nancy. FAMILY CONFIGURATIONS OF PATIENTS WITH NON-TRANSFERABLE CHRONIC DISEASE NTCD OF A THIRD-LEVEL SERVICES INSTITUTION IN THE CITY OF ARMENIA QUINDÍO. Investig. andina [online]. 2017, vol.19, n.35, pp.73-104.  Epub 26-Nov-2018. ISSN 0124-8146.

The main purpose of this research was to characterize the configurations of the families of patients with NTCD, in terms of composition, structure and family typologies, the assessment of lifestyle factors, and finally, to reflect on the need to know the characteristics of the families and individuals of the person with NTCD, in the establishment of plans of high-continuity care. The research was descriptive quantitative, the subjects constituted by the Families that consult an IPS of third level of attention in the city of Armenia, 2973 Adult patients, there were 360. Samples. The information was gathered through survey. The data was registered in Databases built in Access and processed in the statistical package SPSS version 21.

Results:

There is great heterogeneity in families in relation to distribution by sex, age, marital status, schooling level and occupation. The family structure is diverse and appears from the existence of single-person families to those formed with more than 17 members, families without a nucleus, people with NTCD who live alone, due to different conjugal situations such as: widowhood, separation, singleness. There are different types of family in in the department of Quindío, starting by the complete nuclear family through association family type, in this case those who live with friends, including complete and incomplete extended families, incomplete nuclear families. According to the experience of the person with this illness, it was found that they know about this disease, there are feelings of sadness, they have felt that despite the treatment chose, their health process remains the same, some of them have modified their eating habits, although, others continue practicing an unhealthy lifestyle, and other ones seek for compensation by adding to treatment complementary therapies and they assure that not all the health staff" provides them assistance.

Conclusion:

It is important to avoid processes of standardization of health care of the patients with NTCD and their families; that is to say, when designing the monitoring process and discharge plans, it is important to keep in mind to include the characteristics of families and people with NTCD in particular, and include aspects about the personal experience of the person with NTCD and enable the use of complementary therapies to support treatment.

Palavras-chave : Family; Family composition; Typologies; Structure; Chronic diseases; Family network.

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