Abstract

ROMERO GUEVARA, Sandra Lucrecia; VILLAMIZAR CARVAJAL, Beatriz  and  RUEDA DIAZ, Leidy Johanna. Telephone support: A strategy of intervention for family caregivers in chronic health conditions. Rev. Univ. Ind. Santander. Salud [online]. 2011, vol.43, n.2, pp.191-201. ISSN 0121-0807.

Introduction: The telephone support is an intervention that can provide information, education and psychosocial support to family caregivers, therefore, is important to describe the different alternatives with theirs methodology and its impact on the experience of being caregiver. Purpose: Reviewing systematically the literature in relation with the intervention of telephone support and his efficacy in the population studied. Methods: We performed a structured search of the articles in the different databases, published between 1990 and 2010, recognizing the strength and quality of evidence. Results: Of 17 studies that described the telephone support as an intervention for family caregivers, only 6 studies were considered high quality, enabling a comparative analysis to determine the efficacy of the intervention. Conclusion: There is solid evidence supporting the efficacy of telephone support in reducing anxiety, depression, stress and in general improve of the welfare of caregivers. Salud UIS 2011; 43 (2): 191-201

Keywords : Caregivers; social support; chronic disease; telephone; nursing.

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