Caracterização do cuidador de pacientes com incapacidade funcional: desafios do cuidado em saúde: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify the family caregiver's profile, the patients with functional disability, the socioeconomic variables, and their educational needs in relation to these care provided in daily life activities and the difficulties of caring. This is an integrative review, which is based on material analysis based on research results. The articles were selected using the electronic databases Electronic Science Library Online (SCIELO), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) and the descriptors used were: Caregiver; chronic diseases; functional disability. It was taken into consideration: articles in Portuguese; published in the current decade; scientific articles that address the proposed theme of the study; in a first moment was found 644 articles, after a refinement and the exclusion criteria, nine articles were selected. According to this review, it is observed the insufficiency of the topic addressed in the national literature, it brings the woman as the figure of the one who cares, the lack of information and the various difficulties related to caring.