Objective:

To determine the relationship between functional dependence of the recipient of care, overload and the quality of the family caregiver of people with renal replacement therapy.

Materials and method:

Descriptive and correlational study in caregivers and attending a renal therapy center in the city of Montería, Colombia. The sample consisted of 237 dyads.

The captured of the information was carried out through a characterization sheet, the WHO-QOL-BREF scale, the Barthel index and the Zarit test. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Spearman correlation test, after applying the Kolmogorov Smirnov test with Lilliefors correction.

Results:

No relationship was observed between the functional dependence of the recipient of care and the quality of life of the caregiver. A statistically significant relationship was found between caregiver burden and the physical dimension of quality of life (p=.048), but not with global quality of life and with the rest of the dimensions.

Conclusion:

It was evidenced that the level of dependency was not related to the quality of life of the caregiver, in terms of overload, a statistically significant relationship was found between this and the physical dimension of the quality of life and not so with the global quality of life, for which, in the development of nursing interventions, it is necessary to consider the burden of the caregiver to improve their physical quality of life.

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