Abstract

AVILA ESTRADA, Norma Lizbeth et al. Burden in the Caregiver of Patient with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Rev Cuid [online]. 2012, vol.3, n.1, pp.342-348. ISSN 2216-0973.  https://doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.v3i1.30.

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in Mexico, creating a social impact persistent involving both the sufferer and those around you. Objective: To determine of level of burden in the caregiver of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the General Hospital of Durango. Materials and Methods: A descriptive non-experimental, cross-sectional study, 54 relatives of patients admitted with a diagnosis of AMI in the Durango General Hospital, non-probabilistic convenience. Results: The average age in the study is 18 to 25 years corresponding to 37%, of which 66.7% are female, 59.3% have higher education media, 72.2% are of origin of the city of Durango, with respect kinship caregiver with care the person claiming the son is mostly with a percentage of 20.4%, also a high percentage 81.5% live with the patient and 63.0% work outside the home, and 27.8% has left the work partially, the result revealed that there is an average of 44.2% burden in the primary caregiver. Discussion and Conclusions: There are identifiable levels of burden in caregivers of patients with AMI generating a series of variables that after the patient-caregiver relationship bringing average burden.

Keywords : Aftercare; Family Leave; Uncompensated Care.

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